Here we dig into Fencing at Cornell University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Cornell competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Cornell women’s fencing team fields 34 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 46. The NCAA tracked 83 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 24 varsity sports Cornell sponsors, fencing sits at #12 by total roster size.
The women’s fencing program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Ariana Klinkov.
Across the school’s 24 sports, fencing sits #19 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Cornell women’s fencing program reported $481,812 in revenue against $481,812 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $3,200 in operating expense per athlete, or $108,794 per team.
Among the school’s 24 sports, fencing ranks #18 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s fencing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, fencing comes in above the pack at 994.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.