by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Volleyball at Purdue University Fort Wayne — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. PFW competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The PFW men’s volleyball team lists 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 46. The NCAA tracked 41 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The PFW women’s volleyball team fields 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, PFW fields 31 volleyball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports PFW sponsors, volleyball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Donald Gleason.
The women’s volleyball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Steve Florio.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 10 sports, volleyball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The PFW men’s volleyball program brought in $450,857 in revenue against $422,807 in expenses, netting $28,050. This comes to about $6,529 in operating expense per athlete, or $104,458 per team.
The PFW women’s volleyball program reported $531,444 in revenue against $504,461 in expenses, for a surplus of $26,983. This comes to about $6,475 in operating expense per athlete, or $97,132 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $450,857 to the women’s $531,444 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, volleyball ranks #3 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s volleyball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 993 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 986, volleyball sits above average at 991.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.