University of Virginia student-athletes entering UVA between 2008 and 2011 posted the University’s highest graduation score since the NCAA began issuing its Graduation Success Rate report in 1998, according to data released Thursday.

Cavalier student-athletes covered during the current report graduated at a 92 percent rate, up two percentage points from last year’s report, which was the previous high for UVA athletics. The NCAA’s national average for this year’s reporting range is 88 percent.

The Graduation Success Rate measures graduation rates for student-athletes by team, considering student-athletes who are on scholarship during their first year and who graduate from their respective university or leave the program via transfer to another university or professional opportunities while in good academic standing.

A complete and searchable Graduation Rates Report is available online at NCAA.org.

“These are very impressive numbers and we are proud to celebrate the academic success of our student-athletes,” UVA athletics director Carla Williams said. “These results are a testament to the tremendous commitment to academic excellence from student-athletes, faculty, academic support staff and coaches.”

“These results are a testament to the tremendous commitment to academic excellence from student-athletes, faculty, academic support staff and coaches.”

The NCAA report shows that 15 of UVA’s 21 programs matched or exceeded the national average (88 percent) for their respective Graduation Success Rate scores. Nine UVA programs recorded perfect 100 percent graduation rates: men’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track and field, women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, and volleyball.

“men’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track and field, women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, and volleyball.”

Two Cavalier programs – men’s tennis and volleyball – posted 100 percent graduation rates for the 14th consecutive year, which covers the entire history of the report. The Cavalier women’s golf team had a 100 percent rate for the ninth straight year, which covers the history of its program. Men’s golf posted a perfect rate for the eighth consecutive year, while women’s cross country and track and field and women’s swimming achieved a perfect mark for the fifth straight year. The UVA women’s lacrosse team had its ninth 100 percent graduation total in the 14-year history of the report.

“while women’s cross country and track and field and women’s swimming achieved a perfect mark for the fifth straight year.”

The NCAA Graduation Success Rate is designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree. The NCAA has imposed a new set of academic standards that seeks to hold teams and institutions accountable for how well a student-athlete progresses toward a degree.