by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Grand Canyon University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Grand Canyon University plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The Grand Canyon University women’s softball team fields 26 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 72. The most recent cohort included 100 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Grand Canyon University reports, softball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Shanon Hays.
Across the school’s 13 sports, softball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Grand Canyon University women’s softball program reported $1,424,136 in revenue against $1,424,136 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $16,615 in operating expense per athlete, or $431,996 per team.
Among the school’s 13 sports, softball sits #7 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 981, softball comes in above the pack at 991.
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