by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Bucknell University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Bucknell plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Bucknell men’s lacrosse team carries 45 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 43. The NCAA tracked 67 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Bucknell women’s lacrosse team fields 34 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 102. Academic data covers 112 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Bucknell fields 79 lacrosse athletes — 45 on the men’s side and 34 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Bucknell sponsors, lacrosse sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Frank Fedorjaka.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jackie Dando.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 18 sports, lacrosse ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Bucknell men’s lacrosse program brought in $1,531,177 in revenue against $1,531,177 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $6,277 in operating expense per athlete, or $282,472 per team.
The Bucknell women’s lacrosse program brought in $1,475,139 in revenue against $1,475,139 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $5,199 in operating expense per athlete, or $176,779 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $1,531,177 to the women’s $1,475,139 in revenue.
Against the school’s 18 sports, lacrosse ranks #3 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 977 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 977 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, lacrosse lands below the pack at 985.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.