by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. U-M is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The U-M women’s softball team fields 25 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 68. The most recent cohort included 82 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 20 varsity sports U-M reports, softball comes in at #13 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Bonnie Tholl.
Across the school’s 20 sports, softball sits #12 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The U-M women’s softball program brought in $593,349 in revenue against $3,207,710 in expenses, running a deficit of $2,614,361. This comes to about $28,495 in operating expense per athlete, or $712,381 per team.
Among the school’s 20 sports, softball sits #7 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 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, softball comes in above the pack at 1000.
When U-M places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.