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Kenyon College > Kenyon earns spot in NCSA Top 25 Power Ranking
August 18, 2004
CHICAGO (August 18, 2004)- Kenyon has earned recognition in the recently released National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Top 25 Power Ranking, which honors colleges for exceptional achievement in both athletics and academics. The College was listed at number 23 in the second annual national ranking, which evaluated all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III institutions.
The NCSA determines the Power Rankings by taking into account an institution's Sears Cup athletic rank, its US News & World Report academic rank, and its student-athlete graduation success. Kenyon finished forty-sixth in the Sears Cup standing during the 2003-04 school year and was tied for number 30 among national liberal-arts colleges in last year's US News & World Report ranking of America's best colleges. Those rankings, combined with a superior graduation rate, boosted Kenyon into the NCSA's Top 25.
"At Kenyon, administrators, coaches, and faculty all pay close attention to maintaining student-athletes' achievement in the classroom, and I believe this ranking is a reflection of that awareness," said Peter Smith, Kenyon's director of athletics, fitness, and recreation. "NCAA Division III keeps growing larger, but we have not lost sight of the fact that it is possible to excel in athletics without sacrificing academic success."
Kenyon was one of just two institutions from Ohio to make the NCSA Top 25 and was the only representative from the North Coast Athletic Conference. In an overall ranking, which included nearly 1,200 institutions form all NCAA divisions, Kenyon earned a spot at number 55.
