by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Baseball at South Dakota State University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. South Dakota State competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Summit League.
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The South Dakota State men’s baseball team fields 40 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 98. The NCAA tracked 117 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports South Dakota State sponsors, baseball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Robert Bishop.
Across the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #10 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The South Dakota State men’s baseball program brought in $758,033 in revenue against $758,033 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $7,444 in operating expense per athlete, or $297,760 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, baseball ranks #8 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 979 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 982, baseball lands below the pack at 979.
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