This page takes a deep look at Skiing at University of Denver, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. DU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of The Summit League.
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The DU men’s skiing team fields 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The most recent cohort included 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The DU women’s skiing team lists 12 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. Academic data covers 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, DU fields 26 skiing athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports DU sponsors, skiing ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s skiing program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Joonas Rasanen.
The women’s skiing program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Eliska Hajek Albrigtsen (Interim).
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 12 sports, skiing sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The DU men’s skiing program generated $1,066,774 in revenue against $1,066,774 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $12,426 in operating expense per athlete, or $173,970 per team.
The DU women’s skiing program reported $1,066,774 in revenue against $1,066,774 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $12,427 in operating expense per athlete, or $149,118 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,066,774 to the women’s $1,066,774 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, skiing sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s skiing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s skiing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 979 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 993 and the women 979, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 981, skiing grades out ahead at 986.
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