by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at University of Arkansas, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UARK competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UARK women’s softball team fields 22 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 97. The most recent cohort included 90 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports UARK reports, softball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Courtney Deifel.
Across the school’s 14 sports, softball ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UARK women’s softball program generated $569,601 in revenue against $3,608,959 in expenses, coming up short by $3,039,358. That works out to about $42,145 in operating expense per athlete, or $927,193 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, softball comes in above the pack at 997.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.