by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Brigham Young University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. BYU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The BYU women’s softball team lists 25 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 82. The NCAA tracked 95 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports BYU sponsors, softball sits at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Gordon Eakin.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The BYU women’s softball program reported $1,228,739 in revenue against $2,178,218 in expenses, coming up short by $949,479. This comes to about $28,370 in operating expense per athlete, or $709,251 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball sits #9 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, softball comes in above the pack at 980.
When BYU 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.