by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Volleyball at George Mason University — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. GMU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The GMU men’s volleyball team lists 23 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 45. The NCAA tracked 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The GMU women’s volleyball team carries 19 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The NCAA tracked 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, GMU carries 42 volleyball athletes — 23 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports GMU sponsors, volleyball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Jay Hosack.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Megan Shifflett Bachmann.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 15 sports, volleyball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GMU men’s volleyball program reported $517,098 in revenue against $517,098 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $5,659 in operating expense per athlete, or $130,154 per team.
The GMU women’s volleyball program generated $934,640 in revenue against $934,640 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $7,483 in operating expense per athlete, or $142,175 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $517,098 to the women’s $934,640 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, volleyball sits #4 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 987 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 987 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 80% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 987, volleyball grades out ahead at 988.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.