by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at The University of Montana, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UM competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The UM women’s softball team fields 21 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 78. The NCAA tracked 73 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 10 varsity sports UM reports, softball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Stefanie Ewing.
Among the school’s 10 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UM women’s softball program brought in $311,533 in revenue against $1,188,923 in expenses, coming up short by $877,390. That works out to about $1,362 in operating expense per athlete, or $28,601 per team.
Against the school’s 10 sports, softball sits #7 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, softball comes in above the pack at 993.
If UM places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.