by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Lake Erie College, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. LEC plays at the level of NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
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The LEC men’s basketball team carries 26 players.
The LEC women’s basketball team fields 17 student athletes.
Across both rosters, LEC fields 43 basketball athletes — 26 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports LEC sponsors, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Kyle Conley.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mikayla Lopez.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The LEC men’s basketball program brought in $522,648 in revenue against $522,648 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $3,684 in operating expense per athlete, or $95,795 per team.
The LEC women’s basketball program generated $334,590 in revenue against $334,590 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $3,532 in operating expense per athlete, or $60,036 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $522,648 to the women’s $334,590 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When LEC 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.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.