by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Liberty University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Liberty University is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The Liberty University women’s softball team carries 27 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 74. Academic data covers 86 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports Liberty University reports, softball comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Dorothy Richardson.
Among the school’s 15 sports, softball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Liberty University women’s softball program reported $2,190,766 in revenue against $2,190,766 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $19,022 in operating expense per athlete, or $513,593 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, softball lands below the pack at 988.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.