by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Loyola University Chicago, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Loyola Chicago plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The Loyola Chicago women’s softball team carries 18 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The most recent cohort included 73 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 8 varsity sports Loyola Chicago sponsors, softball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Alicia Abbott.
Across the school’s 8 sports, softball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Loyola Chicago women’s softball program reported $1,178,058 in revenue against $1,178,058 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $15,431 in operating expense per athlete, or $277,752 per team.
Against the school’s 8 sports, softball ranks #5 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, softball grades out ahead at 1000.
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