by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UAPB is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The UAPB women’s softball team fields 24 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 64. The NCAA tracked 90 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports UAPB sponsors, softball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Michael Bumpers.
Across the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UAPB women’s softball program reported $362,448 in revenue against $362,448 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $719 in operating expense per athlete, or $17,255 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #6 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 961 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 969, softball sits below average at 961.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.