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<p>Except that besides a couple of players, none of them get full rides. The NCAA restricts all division I teams to 11.78 baseball schollies total. There’s 34 people on LSU’s baseball roster. What most schools tend to do is to spread out the scholarships among the majority of the players. The only people I can think of who are on full rides are Chad Jones and Jared Mitchell because they both have football scholarships. So in point, most baseball players are paying to go to school.</p>
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<p>Maybe your signed up for the wrong newsletters? I always get the e-mails about when we have Truman scholars, Goldwater Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, etc.</p>
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<p>To be honest, that number seems a little low, and I wouldn’t mind knowing what your source was if it’s true.</p>
<p>Based on this past years NCAA APR. The LSU baseball squad has an APR of 921. According to NCAA a score of 900 approximately equals 45% Graduation Success Rate, while a score of 925 is approximately a 60% GSR. </p>
<p>Now, I’m not trying to condone athletes leaving early without their degree, because I believe in the value on the degree if nothing else but for a fall back or to use it after your pro days are over. I’m just trying to put it into perspective. </p>
<p>LSU as a whole doesn’t even that great of a GSR. Most GSR are based on 6-year rates. LSU’s are (cumulative percentages): ~26% after 4-years, ~38% after 5 years, and ~60% after 6 years. </p>
<p>But again to put it into perspective, if LSU baseball’s squad does have a graduation rate of ~40% that’s ~14 players who graduate within 6 years. At 60% (which would meet LSU norm) that would be ~20 players who graduate within 6 years. That’s a difference of 6 players. If the GSR is actually higher than 40%, which I believe it to be (possibly around 50-55%), you are looking at 2-3 players more who don’t graduate or leave early when compared to the general LSU population.</p>