by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Florida Gulf Coast University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. FGCU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The FGCU women’s softball team lists 23 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 81. The NCAA tracked 82 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports FGCU sponsors, softball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Lindsay Fico.
Across the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FGCU women’s softball program generated $849,307 in revenue against $849,307 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $9,162 in operating expense per athlete, or $210,723 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #7 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 990, softball grades out ahead at 993.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.