by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Volleyball at Ball State University — 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 volleyball team carries 23 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The most recent cohort included 67 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Ball State women’s volleyball team lists 18 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Ball State carries 41 volleyball athletes — 23 on the men’s side and 18 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Ball State reports, volleyball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mike Iandolo (Interim).
The women’s volleyball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kelli Miller.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 15 sports, volleyball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ball State men’s volleyball program brought in $783,473 in revenue against $783,473 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $10,141 in operating expense per athlete, or $233,241 per team.
The Ball State women’s volleyball program brought in $986,368 in revenue against $986,368 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $21,451 in operating expense per athlete, or $386,114 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $783,473 to the women’s $986,368 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, volleyball ranks #3 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 981 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 86% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, volleyball trails the average at 990.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.