by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Virginia Tech plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Virginia Tech men’s baseball team fields 45 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 108. The NCAA tracked 125 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports Virginia Tech reports, baseball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is John Szefc.
Among the school’s 15 sports, baseball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Virginia Tech men’s baseball program brought in $1,313,850 in revenue against $3,966,801 in expenses, coming up short by $2,652,951. Per athlete, that is about $28,548 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,284,649 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, baseball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 984, baseball lands below the pack at 978.
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