by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Mercer University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Mercer is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Mercer men’s lacrosse team carries 50 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 155. The most recent cohort included 141 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Mercer women’s lacrosse team fields 43 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 125. The NCAA tracked 174 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Mercer fields 93 lacrosse athletes — 50 on the men’s side and 43 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Mercer sponsors, lacrosse sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Ryan Danehy.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Samantha Eustace.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 13 sports, lacrosse ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mercer men’s lacrosse program brought in $1,245,107 in revenue against $1,245,107 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $8,488 in operating expense per athlete, or $424,379 per team.
The Mercer women’s lacrosse program generated $1,140,772 in revenue against $1,140,772 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $4,696 in operating expense per athlete, or $201,948 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,245,107 to the women’s $1,140,772 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, lacrosse sits #3 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 990 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 94% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, lacrosse grades out ahead at 995.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.