Canes Honored with the 2016 AFCA Academic Achievement Award

[ben]

wow look at that 2009 class. glad they did something but no clue how this is calculated because I didn't think Lamar Miller graduated?

Miami Football Honored with the 2016 AFCA Academic Achievement Award - University of Miami Hurricanes Official Athletic Site

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami football program will receive the American Football Coaches Association’s 2016 Academic Achievement Award at the Honors Luncheon on Jan. 9 at the 2017 AFCA Convention in Nashville.

The Hurricanes shared the AFCA academic achievement award with Northwestern and Stanford. Miami, Northwestern and Stanford received the award after members from its freshman football student-athlete class of 2009 recorded a 100 percent graduation rate.

“I celebrate this award with our great University and the 15 young men that achieved it,” said Associate Athletics Director for Academic Services David Wyman. “This award is a testament to their leadership, excellence and dedication toward completing their educational journey.”

Miami will receive the AFCA Academic Achievement Award for the second time in program history. The Hurricanes’ first AFCA Academic Achievement Award came in 2009.

This year’s award marks the ninth time the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) formula has been used to select the winner. From 1981 to 2007, the award was presented based on a formula used by the College Football Association and AFCA.

Since 2008, the criteria for the AFCA’s Academic Achievement Award is based on the highest NCAA GSR, at least 15 students in the GSR Cohort, and a Federal Graduation Rate of 75 percent or better.

The Academic Achievement Award was established by the College Football Association in 1981. The award recognized the CFA-member Football Bowl Subdivision institution with the highest graduation rate among members of its football team. When the CFA disbanded in 1997, the AFCA stepped in to present the award and conduct a graduation rate survey that encompassed all members of the FBS.

The GSR is based on a six-year graduation window for student-athletes which is a change from the five-year window used by the CFA and AFCA. The GSR was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. The GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students, unlike the federal graduation rate. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees.

 

[kryptonite]

They count guys who transfer out, so if Lamar graduated (maybe there's an exception if you left school for the nfl) he count towards our number.
Can somebody pencil a "U" over that "T"?

 

[mydas77]

The players are real humans despite what the idiot above may think. I am happy for those guys. Most come from nothing and now have a college degree, which is more than most of the fan base can say.

Congrats to th school and the kids that made this possible

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[Memnon]

 

[kryptonite]

The players are real humans despite what the idiot above may think. I am happy for those guys. Most come from nothing and now have a college degree, which is more than most of the fan base can say.

Congrats to th school and the kids that made this possible

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Not me, I hate the players and want them all to fail. I hate the troops, mom, and apple pie as well. But mostly, I hate you for being needlessly sanctimonious, so how's about you **** right off with what you imagine I think.

 

[mirednmediocrity2]

wow look at that 2009 class. glad they did something but no clue how this is calculated because I didn't think Lamar Miller graduated?

Miami Football Honored with the 2016 AFCA Academic Achievement Award - University of Miami Hurricanes Official Athletic Site

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami football program will receive the American Football Coaches Association’s 2016 Academic Achievement Award at the Honors Luncheon on Jan. 9 at the 2017 AFCA Convention in Nashville.

The Hurricanes shared the AFCA academic achievement award with Northwestern and Stanford. Miami, Northwestern and Stanford received the award after members from its freshman football student-athlete class of 2009 recorded a 100 percent graduation rate.

“I celebrate this award with our great University and the 15 young men that achieved it,” said Associate Athletics Director for Academic Services David Wyman. “This award is a testament to their leadership, excellence and dedication toward completing their educational journey.”

Miami will receive the AFCA Academic Achievement Award for the second time in program history. The Hurricanes’ first AFCA Academic Achievement Award came in 2009.

This year’s award marks the ninth time the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) formula has been used to select the winner. From 1981 to 2007, the award was presented based on a formula used by the College Football Association and AFCA.

Since 2008, the criteria for the AFCA’s Academic Achievement Award is based on the highest NCAA GSR, at least 15 students in the GSR Cohort, and a Federal Graduation Rate of 75 percent or better.

The Academic Achievement Award was established by the College Football Association in 1981. The award recognized the CFA-member Football Bowl Subdivision institution with the highest graduation rate among members of its football team. When the CFA disbanded in 1997, the AFCA stepped in to present the award and conduct a graduation rate survey that encompassed all members of the FBS.

The GSR is based on a six-year graduation window for student-athletes which is a change from the five-year window used by the CFA and AFCA. The GSR was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. The GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students, unlike the federal graduation rate. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees.

Pretty good company with Stanford and Northwestern.

 

[mydas77]

The players are real humans despite what the idiot above may think. I am happy for those guys. Most come from nothing and now have a college degree, which is more than most of the fan base can say.

Congrats to th school and the kids that made this possible

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Not me, I hate the players and want them all to fail. I hate the troops, mom, and apple pie as well. But mostly, I hate you for being needlessly sanctimonious, so how's about you **** right off with what you imagine I think.

You posted the way you did...I didn't do that. Don't be mad at me for calling your phony *** out. I am not the bad guy on this one. Looking for a villain? Look in the mirror.

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[Klamalama]

The players are real humans despite what the idiot above may think. I am happy for those guys. Most come from nothing and now have a college degree, which is more than most of the fan base can say.

Congrats to th school and the kids that made this possible

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Not me, I hate the players and want them all to fail. I hate the troops, mom, and apple pie as well. But mostly, I hate you for being needlessly sanctimonious, so how's about you **** right off with what you imagine I think.

You posted the way you did...I didn't do that. Don't be mad at me for calling your phony *** out. I am not the bad guy on this one. Looking for a villain? Look in the mirror.

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Yes, but did you call him out with the correct motivations and intentions?

 

[kryptonite]

The players are real humans despite what the idiot above may think. I am happy for those guys. Most come from nothing and now have a college degree, which is more than most of the fan base can say.

Congrats to th school and the kids that made this possible

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T817A using Tapatalk

Not me, I hate the players and want them all to fail. I hate the troops, mom, and apple pie as well. But mostly, I hate you for being needlessly sanctimonious, so how's about you **** right off with what you imagine I think.

You posted the way you did...I didn't do that. Don't be mad at me for calling your phony *** out. I am not the bad guy on this one. Looking for a villain? Look in the mirror.

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Where's the part where I said the player's weren't "real human beings"? Where did I imply that this wasn't important or that it wasn't an accomplishment to be proud of? I made a joke because this is a snarky-*** football site, not a feel-good-about-academic-accomplishments site. And I'm not mad at you, I just think you're an *******.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

And I'm not mad at you, I just think you're an *******.

I always wonder about this comment. Everyone here is an *******, including yourself. Why would it be an insult for YOU to call HIM an *******? Is it because he's being an ******* to you and you don't know how to handle it?

 

[mydas77]

The players are real humans despite what the idiot above may think. I am happy for those guys. Most come from nothing and now have a college degree, which is more than most of the fan base can say.

Congrats to th school and the kids that made this possible

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T817A using Tapatalk

Not me, I hate the players and want them all to fail. I hate the troops, mom, and apple pie as well. But mostly, I hate you for being needlessly sanctimonious, so how's about you **** right off with what you imagine I think.

You posted the way you did...I didn't do that. Don't be mad at me for calling your phony *** out. I am not the bad guy on this one. Looking for a villain? Look in the mirror.

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Where's the part where I said the player's weren't "real human beings"? Where did I imply that this wasn't important or that it wasn't an accomplishment to be proud of? I made a joke because this is a snarky-*** football site, not a feel-good-about-academic-accomplishments site. And I'm not mad at you, I just think you're an *******.

Look, you tried to be funny and discredit the accomplishment by comparing it to the "life champion ring". What the players did should be celebrated in my opinion. I subsequently dismissed your snarky post as Tom foolery and shared my opinion. They are both football players and young men, many of whom have overcome more struggles than we could imagine. We should be happy that the program did this and not call it a phony accomplishment like you did.

If you think I am a prick for that, so be it. I am glad to be a prick on this.

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[kryptonite]

The players are real humans despite what the idiot above may think. I am happy for those guys. Most come from nothing and now have a college degree, which is more than most of the fan base can say.

Congrats to th school and the kids that made this possible

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T817A using Tapatalk

Not me, I hate the players and want them all to fail. I hate the troops, mom, and apple pie as well. But mostly, I hate you for being needlessly sanctimonious, so how's about you **** right off with what you imagine I think.

You posted the way you did...I didn't do that. Don't be mad at me for calling your phony *** out. I am not the bad guy on this one. Looking for a villain? Look in the mirror.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T817A using Tapatalk

Where's the part where I said the player's weren't "real human beings"? Where did I imply that this wasn't important or that it wasn't an accomplishment to be proud of? I made a joke because this is a snarky-*** football site, not a feel-good-about-academic-accomplishments site. And I'm not mad at you, I just think you're an *******.

Look, you tried to be funny and discredit the accomplishment by comparing it to the "life champion ring". What the players did should be celebrated in my opinion. I subsequently dismissed your snarky post as Tom foolery and shared my opinion. They are both football players and young men, many of whom have overcome more struggles than we could imagine. We should be happy that the program did this and not call it a phony accomplishment like you did.

If you think I am a prick for that, so be it. I am glad to be a prick on this.

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What you did was call me an idiot, and that sir, is why I think you're an *******.

 

[Dingaan1828]

Regardless of how they compute this, being grouped with Stanford and Northwestern when the subject is academics, is a big win.

 

[kryptonite]

And I'm not mad at you, I just think you're an *******.

I always wonder about this comment. Everyone here is an *******, including yourself. Why would it be an insult for YOU to call HIM an *******? Is it because he's being an ******* to you and you don't know how to handle it?

Exactly, why would I care if he were being an ******* to you? And I think I'm handling it quite nicely...I haven't invited him to the blue lot have I?

 

[RVACane]

And I'm not mad at you, I just think you're an *******.

I always wonder about this comment. Everyone here is an *******, including yourself. Why would it be an insult for YOU to call HIM an *******? Is it because he's being an ******* to you and you don't know how to handle it?

Score one for the hockey player.