This page takes a deep look at Softball at University of Louisiana at Monroe, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. ULM competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The ULM women’s softball team carries 21 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 99. The NCAA tracked 92 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports ULM reports, softball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Molly Fichtner.
Across the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ULM women’s softball program brought in $902,586 in revenue against $902,586 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $12,512 in operating expense per athlete, or $262,759 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #5 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 974, softball grades out ahead at 981.
When ULM earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.