by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis 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 men’s tennis team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 31. Academic data covers 38 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Drake women’s tennis team lists 7 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. Academic data covers 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Drake carries 15 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 7 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Drake sponsors, tennis sits at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Justin Stuckey.
The women’s tennis program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Calvin Song.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 11 sports, tennis sits #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Drake men’s tennis program reported $354,089 in revenue against $354,089 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $10,011 in operating expense per athlete, or $80,087 per team.
The Drake women’s tennis program reported $313,811 in revenue against $313,811 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $7,592 in operating expense per athlete, or $53,143 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $354,089 to the women’s $313,811 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, tennis ranks #8 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 993 and the women 980, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, tennis lands below the pack at 986.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.