Here we dig into Softball at Central Connecticut State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. CCSU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Northeast Conference.
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The CCSU women’s softball team fields 29 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 71. The NCAA tracked 80 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports CCSU reports, softball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Breanne Gleason.
Across the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #9 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CCSU women’s softball program generated $739,686 in revenue against $739,686 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $5,289 in operating expense per athlete, or $153,381 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #6 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (977 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, softball grades out ahead at 990.
If CCSU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.