by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Beach Volleyball at Florida Atlantic University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. FAU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The FAU women’s beach volleyball team fields 19 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports FAU sponsors, beach volleyball comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s beach volleyball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Steve Grotowski.
Among the school’s 14 sports, beach volleyball ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FAU women’s beach volleyball program reported $641,533 in revenue against $641,533 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $9,305 in operating expense per athlete, or $176,801 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, beach volleyball ranks #11 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s beach volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (991 on a multi-year basis). Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, beach volleyball comes in above the pack at 989.
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