by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Softball at Murray State University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Murray State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Murray State women’s softball team lists 22 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 80. The most recent cohort included 82 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Murray State sponsors, softball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kara Amundson.
Across the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Murray State women’s softball program brought in $797,545 in revenue against $666,096 in expenses, a net profit of $131,449. That works out to about $8,902 in operating expense per athlete, or $195,835 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 981, softball sits below average at 976.
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