This page takes a deep look at Softball at Mississippi University for Women, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. MUW plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The MUW women’s softball team fields 23 players.
Of the 10 varsity sports MUW sponsors, softball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Rebecca Oldham.
Among the school’s 10 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The MUW women’s softball program brought in $164,700 in revenue against $138,535 in expenses, a net profit of $26,165. That works out to about $3,071 in operating expense per athlete, or $70,635 per team.
Among the school’s 10 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When MUW earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
If we don’t have data on a particular metric for this sport, it won’t appear above.