by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at California State University-Northridge, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. CSUN is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The CSUN women’s softball team carries 28 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 82. The most recent cohort included 88 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports CSUN reports, softball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jodie Cox (Interim).
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSUN women’s softball program reported $1,170,942 in revenue against $1,038,412 in expenses, for a surplus of $132,530. Per athlete, that is about $10,387 in operating expense per athlete, or $290,838 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 979, softball sits above average at 988.
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