by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Baseball at Grand Canyon University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Grand Canyon University competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The Grand Canyon University men’s baseball team lists 45 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 100. The most recent cohort included 116 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Grand Canyon University reports, baseball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Nathan Bannister (Interim).
Across the school’s 13 sports, baseball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Grand Canyon University men’s baseball program brought in $1,707,463 in revenue against $1,707,463 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $14,372 in operating expense per athlete, or $646,739 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, baseball sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 97%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 981, baseball comes in above the pack at 993.
When Grand Canyon University earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.