by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Davidson College, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Davidson plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The Davidson men’s tennis team fields 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. Academic data covers 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Davidson women’s tennis team lists 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 27. The most recent cohort included 20 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Davidson fields 24 tennis athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Davidson reports, tennis comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Drew Barrett.
The women’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Susanne Depka.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 15 sports, tennis ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Davidson men’s tennis program reported $274,562 in revenue against $341,139 in expenses, running a deficit of $66,577. That works out to about $4,300 in operating expense per athlete, or $51,598 per team.
The Davidson women’s tennis program brought in $393,118 in revenue against $518,628 in expenses, coming up short by $125,510. This comes to about $5,496 in operating expense per athlete, or $65,956 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $274,562 to the women’s $393,118 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, tennis sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 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 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, tennis sits above average at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.