by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at Eastern Illinois University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. EIU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Ohio Valley Conference.
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The EIU men’s baseball team fields 44 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 113. Academic data covers 107 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports EIU reports, baseball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Jason Anderson.
Among the school’s 13 sports, baseball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The EIU men’s baseball program brought in $926,418 in revenue against $926,418 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $5,813 in operating expense per athlete, or $255,766 per team.
Among the school’s 13 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, baseball lands below the pack at 975.
When EIU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.