by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Soccer at Oral Roberts University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. ORU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of The Summit League.
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The ORU men’s soccer team carries 30 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 83. The most recent cohort included 80 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The ORU women’s soccer team carries 34 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 140. Academic data covers 120 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, ORU fields 64 soccer athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 34 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports ORU reports, soccer comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Ryan Bush.
The women’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Austin Risenhoover.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 9 sports, soccer ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ORU men’s soccer program generated $944,818 in revenue against $944,818 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $6,616 in operating expense per athlete, or $198,482 per team.
The ORU women’s soccer program generated $1,056,304 in revenue against $1,056,304 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $6,448 in operating expense per athlete, or $219,239 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $944,818 to the women’s $1,056,304 in revenue.
Among the school’s 9 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 959 (947 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. The program kept 92% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (958 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 959 and the women 970, with graduation success rates of 75% and 85% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 982, soccer trails the average at 964.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.