by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big West Conference.
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The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo women’s softball team carries 23 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 80. Academic data covers 75 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Cal Poly San Luis Obispo sponsors, softball sits at #10 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jenny Condon.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball sits #11 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo women’s softball program brought in $1,037,810 in revenue against $1,037,810 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $8,456 in operating expense per athlete, or $194,493 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, softball ranks #11 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 983, softball comes in above the pack at 993.
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