by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Volleyball at Elizabethtown College — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Etown is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of Landmark Conference.
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The Etown men’s volleyball team fields 17 players.
The Etown women’s volleyball team fields 20 athletes.
Combined, Etown fields 37 volleyball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Etown sponsors, volleyball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Lamar Fahnestock.
The women’s volleyball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is EJ Smith.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, volleyball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Etown men’s volleyball program brought in $46,844 in revenue against $46,844 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $1,655 in operating expense per athlete, or $28,142 per team.
The Etown women’s volleyball program brought in $111,317 in revenue against $111,317 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $1,500 in operating expense per athlete, or $30,001 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $46,844 to the women’s $111,317 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, volleyball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Etown earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.