by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Ball State University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Ball State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The Ball State women’s softball team carries 25 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 81. The NCAA tracked 93 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports Ball State reports, softball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Helen Pena.
Among the school’s 15 sports, softball sits #8 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ball State women’s softball program generated $1,100,597 in revenue against $1,100,597 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $9,597 in operating expense per athlete, or $239,931 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, softball ranks #7 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, softball sits above average at 997.
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