This page takes a deep look at Volleyball at Princeton University — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Princeton is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Princeton men’s volleyball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. Academic data covers 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Princeton women’s volleyball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 62. The NCAA tracked 64 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Princeton fields 32 volleyball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 22 varsity sports Princeton sponsors, volleyball sits at #12 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Sam Shweisky.
The women’s volleyball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Sabrina King.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 22 sports, volleyball ranks #10 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Princeton men’s volleyball program generated $552,159 in revenue against $552,159 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $8,326 in operating expense per athlete, or $133,221 per team.
The Princeton women’s volleyball program generated $715,225 in revenue against $715,225 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $7,511 in operating expense per athlete, or $120,175 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $552,159 to the women’s $715,225 in revenue.
Among the school’s 22 sports, volleyball sits #10 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, volleyball comes in above the pack at 1000.
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