by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Volleyball at Drake University — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Drake competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Drake women’s volleyball team fields 20 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 46. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports Drake reports, volleyball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Darrin McBroom.
Across the school’s 11 sports, volleyball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Drake women’s volleyball program generated $821,264 in revenue against $821,264 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $6,794 in operating expense per athlete, or $135,878 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, volleyball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, volleyball grades out ahead at 989.
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