by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Rice University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Rice is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The Rice men’s tennis team carries 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The NCAA tracked 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Rice women’s tennis team lists 9 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Rice fields 20 tennis athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Rice reports, tennis comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Efe Ustundag.
The women’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Elizabeth Schmidt.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Rice men’s tennis program brought in $1,018,575 in revenue against $1,018,575 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $20,883 in operating expense per athlete, or $229,710 per team.
The Rice women’s tennis program reported $1,329,711 in revenue against $1,329,711 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $24,466 in operating expense per athlete, or $220,195 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,018,575 to the women’s $1,329,711 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #5 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 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 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 91% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, tennis sits above average at 1000.
If Rice earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.