Here we dig into Softball at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. SIUC plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The SIUC women’s softball team lists 22 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 69. The NCAA tracked 86 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports SIUC reports, softball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jen Sewell.
Across the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SIUC women’s softball program brought in $1,012,026 in revenue against $1,012,026 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $15,475 in operating expense per athlete, or $340,458 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #6 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 979, softball sits above average at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.