by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Swimming at Gardner-Webb University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Gardner - Webb plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Gardner - Webb men’s swimming team carries 20 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 91. The NCAA tracked 69 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Gardner - Webb women’s swimming team fields 23 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 104. Academic data covers 88 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Gardner - Webb fields 43 swimming athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Gardner - Webb reports, swimming sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Michael Blum.
The women’s swimming program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Michael Blum.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 15 sports, swimming ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Gardner - Webb men’s swimming program brought in $491,917 in revenue against $491,917 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $4,809 in operating expense per athlete, or $96,189 per team.
The Gardner - Webb women’s swimming program brought in $502,355 in revenue against $502,355 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $2,655 in operating expense per athlete, or $61,057 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $491,917 to the women’s $502,355 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, swimming ranks #6 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 958 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s swimming team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 958 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 90% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 976, swimming sits below average at 974.
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