On this page we break down Swimming at Seattle University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Seattle U competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Seattle U men’s swimming team lists 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 67. The most recent cohort included 63 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Seattle U women’s swimming team carries 21 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 63. Academic data covers 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Seattle U carries 41 swimming athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Seattle U reports, swimming ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Joesph Dykstra.
The women’s swimming program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Joesph Dykstra.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, swimming sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Seattle U men’s swimming program brought in $490,034 in revenue against $477,534 in expenses, a net profit of $12,500. This comes to about $7,943 in operating expense per athlete, or $158,865 per team.
The Seattle U women’s swimming program brought in $378,426 in revenue against $365,426 in expenses, netting $13,000. That works out to about $5,839 in operating expense per athlete, or $122,614 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $490,034 to the women’s $378,426 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, swimming sits #9 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 972, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, swimming grades out ahead at 986.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.