by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at University of South Carolina-Upstate, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USC Upstate plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The USC Upstate men’s baseball team fields 47 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 99. The NCAA tracked 114 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 10 varsity sports USC Upstate sponsors, baseball sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Kane Sweeney.
Across the school’s 10 sports, baseball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USC Upstate men’s baseball program generated $1,208,211 in revenue against $1,208,211 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $5,301 in operating expense per athlete, or $249,146 per team.
Against the school’s 10 sports, baseball sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 964 (955 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. The program kept 92% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, baseball trails the average at 964.
If USC Upstate earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.