by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at George Mason University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. GMU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The GMU men’s tennis team fields 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The GMU women’s tennis team fields 12 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 27. Academic data covers 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, GMU fields 21 tennis athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports GMU reports, tennis comes in at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is James (Jimmy) Davis.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Stephen Curtis.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, tennis ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GMU men’s tennis program generated $293,674 in revenue against $293,674 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $7,833 in operating expense per athlete, or $70,498 per team.
The GMU women’s tennis program reported $278,312 in revenue against $278,312 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $5,939 in operating expense per athlete, or $71,267 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $293,674 to the women’s $278,312 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, tennis ranks #10 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 97% 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.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 991 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 987, tennis sits above average at 996.
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