by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis 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 men’s tennis team carries 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The NCAA tracked 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Ball State women’s tennis team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Ball State carries 18 tennis athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Ball State sponsors, tennis comes in at #12 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Gene Orlando.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Sachin Kirtane.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 15 sports, tennis ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ball State men’s tennis program brought in $576,841 in revenue against $576,841 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $11,123 in operating expense per athlete, or $111,233 per team.
The Ball State women’s tennis program brought in $551,882 in revenue against $551,882 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $11,487 in operating expense per athlete, or $91,899 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $576,841 to the women’s $551,882 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, tennis ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 992 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, tennis grades out ahead at 996.
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