by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Softball at University of South Alabama, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USA is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The USA women’s softball team fields 26 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 82. The NCAA tracked 89 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports USA reports, softball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Becky Clark.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USA women’s softball program brought in $1,550,966 in revenue against $1,506,073 in expenses, for a surplus of $44,893. This comes to about $13,223 in operating expense per athlete, or $343,810 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, softball grades out ahead at 997.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.