This program selects upperclassmen to serve as mentors for freshmen and transfer students. They are matched according to majors or hometowns. All of the coaches have backgrounds in counseling, he says. John Hayman, head coach of the UD swimming and diving team, says he tracks the academics of his athletes on a weekly basis and immediately arranges tutors or help sessions if the grades start to fall. The head coach of the women's soccer team, Scott Grzenda, agrees, but he says that the athletes themselves deserve a lot of the credit.
Most athletes are goal-oriented.
They know what they want, on and off the field, and they do what they can to achieve it. The percentage refers to the proportion of athletes who earned bachelor's degrees within six years of entering college. The chart covered all Division I athletes who entered college in 1992-93. According to the chart, UD ranked highly, with 81 percent of its athletes graduating in the six-year time period. Most of the colleges that compete against UD were ranked lower than the University.