by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at East Carolina University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. ECU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The ECU women’s softball team fields 23 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 69. The most recent cohort included 73 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports ECU reports, softball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Shane Winkler.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball sits #9 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ECU women’s softball program brought in $1,232,903 in revenue against $1,185,244 in expenses, for a surplus of $47,659. That works out to about $16,625 in operating expense per athlete, or $382,382 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 986, softball comes in above the pack at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.