by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Softball at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UIUC competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UIUC women’s softball team carries 27 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 85. The most recent cohort included 98 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports UIUC sponsors, softball sits at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jenna Hall.
Across the school’s 15 sports, softball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UIUC women’s softball program brought in $615,600 in revenue against $2,374,240 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,758,640. This comes to about $14,799 in operating expense per athlete, or $399,572 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, softball sits #6 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, softball grades out ahead at 1000.
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