This page takes a deep look at Volleyball at St. Thomas Aquinas College — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. STAC is classified as NCAA Division II without football as a member of East Coast Conference.
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The STAC men’s volleyball team lists 19 players.
The STAC women’s volleyball team fields 19 players.
Across both rosters, STAC carries 38 volleyball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports STAC sponsors, volleyball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Thiago Lopes.
The women’s volleyball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Nicholas Basco.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, volleyball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The STAC men’s volleyball program reported $396,476 in revenue against $396,476 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,908 in operating expense per athlete, or $74,255 per team.
The STAC women’s volleyball program brought in $254,343 in revenue against $254,343 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $2,650 in operating expense per athlete, or $50,351 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $396,476 to the women’s $254,343 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, volleyball sits #5 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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