by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Nicholls State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Nicholls State University is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southland Conference.
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The Nicholls State University women’s softball team carries 24 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 103. The most recent cohort included 89 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Nicholls State University sponsors, softball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Ron Frost.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Nicholls State University women’s softball program reported $584,121 in revenue against $553,481 in expenses, a net profit of $30,640. That works out to about $5,903 in operating expense per athlete, or $141,661 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 971, softball comes in above the pack at 978.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.