JACKSON, Miss. - Jackson State University Athletics leads the Southwestern Athletic Conference and tied with Ole Miss and Mississippi State in the latest overall NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to a recent report. According to JSU's Athletic Department, student-athletes posted an overall GSR of 90% (tied w/ UM/MSU) in the state. The JSU website states that the HBCU had four teams with a perfect GSR rate of 100: Women’s bowling, men and women’s tennis and volleyball. Five other athletic programs achieved a GSR rate of 90 percent or better: Baseball (96), women’s soccer (95), softball (93), and football and men’s cross country/track (each with 90). (WLBT 11/17/22) JSU leads Mississippi, SWAC in NCAA Graduation Success Rate (wlbt.com)