by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at George Washington University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. GWU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The GWU men’s soccer team carries 29 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The NCAA tracked 70 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The GWU women’s soccer team carries 36 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 77. The NCAA tracked 95 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, GWU carries 65 soccer athletes — 29 on the men’s side and 36 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports GWU reports, soccer sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Matt Watts.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Jeremy Williams.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 16 sports, soccer ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GWU men’s soccer program brought in $1,262,315 in revenue against $1,262,315 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $3,980 in operating expense per athlete, or $115,414 per team.
The GWU women’s soccer program generated $1,773,384 in revenue against $1,773,384 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $5,447 in operating expense per athlete, or $196,092 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,262,315 to the women’s $1,773,384 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, soccer ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 979 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 979 and the women 994, with graduation success rates of 89% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 993, soccer trails the average at 986.
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