by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Volleyball at Northern Arizona University — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NAU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The NAU women’s volleyball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports NAU reports, volleyball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Ken Murphy.
Across the school’s 11 sports, volleyball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NAU women’s volleyball program brought in $851,613 in revenue against $851,613 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $12,066 in operating expense per athlete, or $193,059 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, volleyball ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, volleyball sits above average at 995.
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