by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Softball at Longwood University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Longwood competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Longwood women’s softball team carries 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 75. The most recent cohort included 78 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports Longwood sponsors, softball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Megan Brown.
Among the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Longwood women’s softball program brought in $1,149,281 in revenue against $1,139,908 in expenses, netting $9,373. This comes to about $10,918 in operating expense per athlete, or $218,361 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, softball ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, softball comes in above the pack at 990.
When Longwood places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.