FSU Posts Excellent Graduation Rate

Fourteen of 16 members in the football team’s Class of 2000 earned their degrees within the six-year window that is used by the NCAA to track graduation rates.

That gives FSU an 87.5 percent graduation rate in a report that will be released later this fall. But FSU officials hope that figure will change to 100 percent before the report is released.

"We will have two players in that class graduate just outside the window," said Dave Hart, FSU’s director of athletics. "It seems to me like we could find a way to announce a 100 percent graduation class."

The two players who did not complete degree requirements within the six-year window – Bobby Meeks and Charles Howard – are expected to graduate early this summer. Meeks is on campus completing his degree in political science and Howard is expected to take his final three-hour class in the first summer semester.

"We’ve never posted a 100-percent rate," said Mark Meleney, FSU’s director of athletic academic support. "We're gong to do a disclaimer and see if they give us a chance to post these last two graduates for a 100-percent class."