Here we dig into Softball at University of the Pacific, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Pacific is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Pacific women’s softball team lists 27 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 65. The most recent cohort included 78 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports Pacific sponsors, softball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Samantha Duran-Kukuk.
Across the school’s 13 sports, softball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Pacific women’s softball program generated $1,520,872 in revenue against $1,520,872 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $10,280 in operating expense per athlete, or $277,554 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, softball sits #6 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 978, softball grades out ahead at 983.
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