by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Pennsylvania 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. Penn State University Park competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Penn State University Park men’s lacrosse team carries 49 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 171. The NCAA tracked 199 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Penn State University Park women’s lacrosse team lists 38 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 124. The most recent cohort included 137 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Penn State University Park carries 87 lacrosse athletes — 49 on the men’s side and 38 on the women’s.
Of the 19 varsity sports Penn State University Park reports, lacrosse ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jeff Tambroni.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kayla Treanor.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 19 sports, lacrosse sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Penn State University Park men’s lacrosse program brought in $1,274,580 in revenue against $2,437,668 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,163,088. This comes to about $7,955 in operating expense per athlete, or $389,788 per team.
The Penn State University Park women’s lacrosse program reported $614,556 in revenue against $1,985,479 in expenses, coming up short by $1,370,923. That works out to about $8,171 in operating expense per athlete, or $310,504 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $1,274,580 to the women’s $614,556 in revenue.
Among the school’s 19 sports, lacrosse sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 999 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 998 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 999 and the women 998, with graduation success rates of 95% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, lacrosse grades out ahead at 998.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.