Audio Reaction to 100 Percent Graduation Rate
- Lafayette Coach Pat Fisher
- Freshman Forward Colleen Fitzpatrick
Nov. 29, 2000
EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - For the second straight year, the Lafayette College women's basketball program is ranked first in the nation as one of 11 Division I institutions to graduate all women's basketball players in the latest NCAA Graduation Rates Report.
The latest report, which was released by the NCAA this past week, is for student-athletes who entered from 1990 to 1993, and Lafayette's women's basketball graduation rate was a perfect 100 percent.
"That is one of the goals we strive for each year," said 21st-year Lafayette head women's basketball coach Pat Fisher. "During the recruiting process, we make it very apparent that graduation is our number one priority."
The record for success of Lafayette's women's basketball program stands in contrast to the national trend, reported The Chronicle of Higher Education, especially when measuring it against the national rates in football and men's basketball.
"This ranking shows the emphasis that we place on recruiting quality student-athletes to Lafayette," added Fisher. "It shows exactly what kind of school Lafayette is and how our athletic programs epitomize the term 'student-athlete'."
Lafayette's women's basketball team is off to a 2-3 start, winning its last two games over St. Francis (N.Y.), 77-51, and Sacred Heart, 57-55. The Leopards continue with the second game of a three-game home stand tonight against Fairleigh Dickinson at 5:45 p.m.
