by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Saint Mary’s College of California, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. SMC is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The SMC women’s softball team fields 27 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 66. The NCAA tracked 96 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports SMC sponsors, softball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Sonja Garnett.
Across the school’s 14 sports, softball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SMC women’s softball program reported $1,528,474 in revenue against $1,528,474 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $16,750 in operating expense per athlete, or $452,261 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball ranks #5 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 986, softball grades out ahead at 989.
When SMC 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.