On this page we break down Baseball at Pepperdine University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Pepperdine competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Pepperdine men’s baseball team lists 40 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 84. The most recent cohort included 96 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Pepperdine sponsors, baseball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tyler LaTorre.
Among the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Pepperdine men’s baseball program reported $2,852,978 in revenue against $2,852,978 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $14,663 in operating expense per athlete, or $586,530 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 977 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, baseball sits below average at 977.
If Pepperdine places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.