by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at University at Buffalo, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. University at Buffalo competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team lists 7 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 27 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The University at Buffalo women’s tennis team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, University at Buffalo fields 15 tennis athletes — 7 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports University at Buffalo reports, tennis ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Warren Lee Nickell.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Kristen Ortman.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The University at Buffalo men’s tennis program reported $637,435 in revenue against $637,435 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $16,982 in operating expense per athlete, or $118,874 per team.
The University at Buffalo women’s tennis program generated $804,820 in revenue against $804,820 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $15,382 in operating expense per athlete, or $123,059 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $637,435 to the women’s $804,820 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, tennis ranks #4 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 980 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 86% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 984, tennis comes in above the pack at 986.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.