Western Kentucky had three teams post perfect scores and all Hilltopper and Lady Topper sport programs scored well above the Federal Graduation Rate in the NCAA’s most recent release of the Graduation Success Rate Report.

WKU athletics posted an overall GSR of 82, maintaining its standing as one of the top producers of graduates in the NCAA. Led by perfect scores by softball, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, the Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers posted eight scores of 81 or higher. It is the third consecutive mark of 82 overall or better for WKU.

Volleyball has posted a perfect GSR score 12 straight times, every year the program has been eligible to report while softball posted its fifth consecutive perfect score. Women’s tennis posted a perfect GSR score for the third consecutive year and for the fifth time in program history.

WKU’s largest jumps over the federal rate came on the hardwood as both men’s basketball (75) and women’s basketball (90) nearly doubled the nation’s average rate. Men’s basketball federal rate was a 42-point improvement over the federal rate of 33 while women’s basketball improved on the federal rate of 47 by 43 points.

The GSRs released Wednesday are based on the four freshmen classes in Division I entering from 2007 to 2010. The NCAA calculates the rates based on the number of student-athletes who graduated within six years after initially enrolling, in addition to those who left an institution prior to graduating but would have been academically eligible to compete.