by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Eastern Kentucky University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Eastern is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The Eastern women’s softball team fields 22 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 72. Academic data covers 80 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Eastern reports, softball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jane Worthington.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Eastern women’s softball program generated $986,351 in revenue against $986,351 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $8,105 in operating expense per athlete, or $178,320 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, softball lands below the pack at 980.
If Eastern places on one of our 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.