by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at University of California-Berkeley, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UC Berkeley competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The UC Berkeley women’s softball team fields 23 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 74. The NCAA tracked 85 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 20 varsity sports UC Berkeley sponsors, softball comes in at #13 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Steve Singleton.
Across the school’s 20 sports, softball sits #11 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Berkeley women’s softball program brought in $2,328,572 in revenue against $2,328,572 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $30,368 in operating expense per athlete, or $698,458 per team.
Among the school’s 20 sports, softball ranks #10 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, softball sits above average at 991.
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