by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Furman University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Furman competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Furman women’s lacrosse team fields 32 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 102. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Furman sponsors, lacrosse comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Gail Wallach (Interim).
Across the school’s 12 sports, lacrosse ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Furman women’s lacrosse program generated $773,753 in revenue against $773,753 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $5,319 in operating expense per athlete, or $170,194 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, lacrosse ranks #9 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.