by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Softball at Mercer University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Mercer is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Mercer women’s softball team carries 25 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 82. Academic data covers 93 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Mercer sponsors, softball comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Chris Kuhlmeyer.
Across the school’s 13 sports, softball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mercer women’s softball program brought in $1,408,969 in revenue against $1,408,969 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $12,167 in operating expense per athlete, or $304,187 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, softball matches the average at 988.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.