by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at University of Dayton, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UDayton competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The UDayton women’s softball team carries 19 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 78. The most recent cohort included 72 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports UDayton sponsors, softball ranks #9 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Cara Clark.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UDayton women’s softball program generated $571,209 in revenue against $1,103,394 in expenses, a net loss of $532,185. That works out to about $13,941 in operating expense per athlete, or $264,880 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #5 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 996 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, softball sits above average at 996.
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