by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. OSU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The OSU women’s softball team fields 25 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 101. The most recent cohort included 107 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports OSU reports, softball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kenny Gajewski.
Across the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The OSU women’s softball program generated $1,380,843 in revenue against $3,653,488 in expenses, running a deficit of $2,272,645. Per athlete, that is about $40,553 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,013,820 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #7 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, softball grades out ahead at 992.
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