Pacific Lutheran University Swimming

Here we dig into Swimming at Pacific Lutheran University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. PLU is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northwest Conference.

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• Roster & Participation
• Coaching Staff
• Financials
• Rankings & Notes

PLU Swimming Participation

The PLU men’s swimming team fields 17 athletes.

The PLU women’s swimming team fields 15 players.

Between the two teams, PLU fields 32 swimming athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.

Among the 13 varsity sports PLU reports, swimming ranks #6 by total roster size.

PLU Swimming Coaching

The men’s swimming program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Andrew Lum.

The women’s swimming program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Andrew Lum.

Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.

Among the school’s 13 sports, swimming ranks #8 by total coaching staff.

PLU Swimming Financials

Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.

The PLU men’s swimming program reported $237,347 in revenue against $237,347 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,835 in operating expense per athlete, or $65,196 per team.

The PLU women’s swimming program generated $129,168 in revenue against $129,168 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $4,381 in operating expense per athlete, or $65,716 per team.

Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $237,347 to the women’s $129,168 in revenue.

Against the school’s 13 sports, swimming ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.

PLU Swimming Rankings & References

When PLU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.

Notes & References

If we don’t have data on a particular metric for this sport, it won’t appear above.

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• National Center for Education Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA)
• The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
• Image Credit: By Joe Mabel under License More about our data sources and methodologies.