by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Alcorn State University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Alcorn State competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The Alcorn State men’s tennis team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 24. The most recent cohort included 25 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Alcorn State women’s tennis team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Alcorn State fields 16 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Alcorn State sponsors, tennis sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Kersten Vanem-Walker (Interim).
The women’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Kersten Vanem-Walker (Interim).
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 11 sports, tennis ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Alcorn State men’s tennis program generated $137,588 in revenue against $137,588 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $6,061 in operating expense per athlete, or $48,486 per team.
The Alcorn State women’s tennis program brought in $131,434 in revenue against $131,434 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $5,000 in operating expense per athlete, or $40,003 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $137,588 to the women’s $131,434 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, tennis sits #8 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 953 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 953 and the women 981, with graduation success rates of 100% and 83% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 965, tennis grades out ahead at 967.
When Alcorn State earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.