by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Softball at University of Detroit Mercy, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Detroit Mercy is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The Detroit Mercy women’s softball team lists 31 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 92. Academic data covers 77 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 9 varsity sports Detroit Mercy sponsors, softball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Daniel Vitale.
Across the school’s 9 sports, softball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Detroit Mercy women’s softball program reported $546,293 in revenue against $546,293 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $4,579 in operating expense per athlete, or $141,949 per team.
Among the school’s 9 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 975, softball comes in above the pack at 986.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.