by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Niagara University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Niagara is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Niagara women’s softball team lists 29 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 78. Academic data covers 81 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Niagara reports, softball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Paul Gray.
Among the school’s 14 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 Niagara women’s softball program brought in $515,038 in revenue against $515,038 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $5,508 in operating expense per athlete, or $159,730 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 982, softball grades out ahead at 993.
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