THE SIDELINES : Duke Athlete-Scholars Honored

Duke University has been honored by the College Football Assn. for academic achievement, because 96% of the football players who enrolled at Duke in 1984 graduated within five years.

The Boulder-based CFA said in its announcement today that this marks the fourth time in a decade that Duke has been honored for academic achievement. This year, Duke graduated 24 of 25 of its incoming class of 1984 on time, the CFA reported.

The CFA selected 11 other institutions for honorable mention for having graduated 70% or more of the football players who enrolled in 1984. Those institutions are Arkansas, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Rice, Rutgers, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and Virginia.

Kentucky received the academic achievement award in 1989.