by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Drake University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Drake plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Drake women’s softball team lists 23 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. Academic data covers 85 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports Drake reports, softball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Lindsay Diehl.
Across the school’s 11 sports, softball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Drake women’s softball program reported $1,056,175 in revenue against $1,056,175 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $7,422 in operating expense per athlete, or $170,714 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, softball ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, softball comes in above the pack at 994.
When Drake earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.