On this page we break down Baseball at Santa Clara University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SCU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The SCU men’s baseball team lists 41 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 86. The most recent cohort included 90 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports SCU reports, baseball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Rusty Filter.
Among the school’s 14 sports, baseball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SCU men’s baseball program reported $2,298,744 in revenue against $2,298,744 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $8,533 in operating expense per athlete, or $349,863 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #3 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, baseball lands below the pack at 985.
When SCU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.