by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Gardner-Webb University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Gardner - Webb competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Gardner - Webb men’s tennis team carries 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The most recent cohort included 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Gardner - Webb women’s tennis team lists 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 27. The most recent cohort included 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Gardner - Webb fields 19 tennis athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Gardner - Webb reports, tennis ranks #13 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Mike Griffith.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Jim Corn.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, tennis sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Gardner - Webb men’s tennis program brought in $295,692 in revenue against $295,692 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $4,518 in operating expense per athlete, or $49,699 per team.
The Gardner - Webb women’s tennis program reported $406,660 in revenue against $406,660 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $4,566 in operating expense per athlete, or $36,528 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $295,692 to the women’s $406,660 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, tennis ranks #8 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 984 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 976, tennis grades out ahead at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.