by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Oral Roberts University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. ORU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of The Summit League.
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The ORU men’s golf team fields 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The ORU women’s golf team carries 6 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 25. The most recent cohort included 26 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, ORU fields 15 golf athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 6 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports ORU sponsors, golf sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Lance Watson.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Lance Watson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 9 sports, golf ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ORU men’s golf program generated $527,891 in revenue against $527,891 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $18,942 in operating expense per athlete, or $170,477 per team.
The ORU women’s golf program generated $476,307 in revenue against $476,307 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $15,866 in operating expense per athlete, or $95,195 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $527,891 to the women’s $476,307 in revenue.
Against the school’s 9 sports, golf ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 78%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 78% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 982, golf grades out ahead at 995.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.