Maryland football was bestowed with the American Football Coaches Association’s 2025 Academic Achievement Award Wednesday, it was announced in a release.
The award was honored to seven schools whose programs
had the highest graduation rate among the 2018 freshman football student-athlete class. Along with Maryland — this is the school’s first such honor — the other programs to receive the award include Cincinnati, Middle Tennessee State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Temple.
The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) one-year formula has determined the winners over the past 14 years. It takes into account transfer students, midyear enrollees and non-scholarship students.
The head coaches of the winning schools will be honored at the AFCA Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina on Jan. 11.
In other news
Maryland men’s basketball was trounced by No. 8 Alabama Wednesday night, 105-72. Nolan Rogalski had the game story.
No. 7 Maryland women’s basketball defeated No. 16 Kentucky Wednesday, 74-66. Ben Messinger recapped the action and Max Schaeffer provided takeaways.
Maryland volleyball lost in straight sets to Washington. Henry Quach wrote the game story.
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