by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Beach Volleyball at Houston Christian University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. HBU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southland Conference.
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The HBU women’s beach volleyball team fields 19 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports HBU reports, beach volleyball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s beach volleyball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Cameron Sitler.
Across the school’s 11 sports, beach volleyball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The HBU women’s beach volleyball program reported $538,741 in revenue against $538,741 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,673 in operating expense per athlete, or $69,789 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, beach volleyball sits #9 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s beach volleyball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (983 on a multi-year basis). Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 977, beach volleyball sits above average at 1000.
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