by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Purdue University-Main Campus, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Purdue competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Purdue men’s tennis team lists 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Purdue women’s tennis team fields 11 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. Academic data covers 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Purdue carries 19 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Purdue reports, tennis ranks #11 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Geoff Young.
The women’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Raquel Atawo.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 13 sports, tennis ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Purdue men’s tennis program generated $175,634 in revenue against $920,217 in expenses, running a deficit of $744,583. This comes to about $30,073 in operating expense per athlete, or $240,586 per team.
The Purdue women’s tennis program brought in $249,359 in revenue against $1,145,922 in expenses, running a deficit of $896,563. That works out to about $26,486 in operating expense per athlete, or $291,346 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $175,634 to the women’s $249,359 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, tennis ranks #9 by revenue, or about 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (968 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 992 and the women 983, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, tennis comes in above the pack at 988.
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