by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at University of Northern Iowa, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UNI competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The UNI women’s softball team lists 22 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 69. The most recent cohort included 83 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports UNI reports, softball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Ryan Jacobs.
Among the school’s 13 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UNI women’s softball program generated $825,460 in revenue against $825,460 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $8,993 in operating expense per athlete, or $197,837 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 993, softball sits above average at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.