by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Northern Kentucky University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. NKU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The NKU women’s softball team lists 21 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 75. The NCAA tracked 86 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports NKU sponsors, softball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Morgan Gerak.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #9 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NKU women’s softball program brought in $643,955 in revenue against $643,955 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $7,040 in operating expense per athlete, or $147,844 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, softball grades out ahead at 994.
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