by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at New Mexico State University-Main Campus, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NMSU Main Campus competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The NMSU Main Campus women’s softball team lists 23 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 91. The most recent cohort included 94 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports NMSU Main Campus reports, softball comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Benet Higgs (Interim).
Across the school’s 13 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NMSU Main Campus women’s softball program brought in $1,165,123 in revenue against $1,165,123 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $16,811 in operating expense per athlete, or $386,650 per team.
Among the school’s 13 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 76%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 983, softball sits below average at 976.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.