by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Volleyball at Georgia Southern University — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. GaSou plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The GaSou women’s volleyball team lists 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports GaSou sponsors, volleyball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Chad Willis.
Across the school’s 14 sports, volleyball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GaSou women’s volleyball program reported $1,000,457 in revenue against $1,000,457 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $14,031 in operating expense per athlete, or $280,623 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, volleyball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, volleyball grades out ahead at 995.
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