by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at Samford University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Samford plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Samford women’s softball team fields 21 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 73. Academic data covers 65 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports Samford reports, softball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Megan Curry.
Among the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Samford women’s softball program brought in $994,924 in revenue against $944,924 in expenses, for a surplus of $50,000. Per athlete, that is about $7,042 in operating expense per athlete, or $147,872 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #8 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, softball grades out ahead at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.