by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at University of Rhode Island, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. URI is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The URI women’s softball team lists 23 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 90. The most recent cohort included 98 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports URI reports, softball comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Michael Coutts.
Among the school’s 15 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 URI women’s softball program generated $1,161,938 in revenue against $1,161,938 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $10,504 in operating expense per athlete, or $241,585 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, softball ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, softball comes in above the pack at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.