by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at Pepperdine University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Pepperdine plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Pepperdine men’s tennis team carries 11 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Pepperdine women’s tennis team lists 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Pepperdine carries 19 tennis athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Pepperdine sponsors, tennis comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Adam Schaechterle.
The women’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Tassilo Schmid.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, tennis sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Pepperdine men’s tennis program brought in $1,543,990 in revenue against $1,543,990 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $35,591 in operating expense per athlete, or $391,504 per team.
The Pepperdine women’s tennis program generated $1,503,443 in revenue against $1,503,443 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $34,130 in operating expense per athlete, or $273,040 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,543,990 to the women’s $1,503,443 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, tennis sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (936 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 968 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 967 and the women 968, with graduation success rates of 67% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, tennis trails the average at 968.
When Pepperdine places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.