by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Baseball at James Madison University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. JMU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The JMU men’s baseball team fields 41 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 111. Academic data covers 117 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports JMU sponsors, baseball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Marlin Ikenberry.
Across the school’s 15 sports, baseball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The JMU men’s baseball program brought in $2,214,909 in revenue against $2,214,908 in expenses, a net profit of $1. This comes to about $14,110 in operating expense per athlete, or $578,509 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 974 (972 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, baseball sits below average at 974.
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