by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Utah State University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. USU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The USU men’s tennis team fields 7 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. The most recent cohort included 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The USU women’s tennis team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. Academic data covers 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, USU fields 15 tennis athletes — 7 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports USU sponsors, tennis comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Aaron Paajanen.
The women’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Veronika Golanova.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 11 sports, tennis ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USU men’s tennis program reported $559,543 in revenue against $559,543 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $19,775 in operating expense per athlete, or $138,422 per team.
The USU women’s tennis program generated $676,351 in revenue against $676,351 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $16,149 in operating expense per athlete, or $129,193 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $559,543 to the women’s $676,351 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, tennis sits #8 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. It retained 90% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 989 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 67% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 987, tennis grades out ahead at 994.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.