by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis 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 is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Virginia Tech men’s tennis team lists 13 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The NCAA tracked 44 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Virginia Tech women’s tennis team carries 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. The NCAA tracked 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Virginia Tech fields 28 tennis athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Virginia Tech reports, tennis comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Jim Thompson.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Terri Ann Zawacki-Woods.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, tennis ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Virginia Tech men’s tennis program generated $145,508 in revenue against $1,018,812 in expenses, coming up short by $873,304. This comes to about $17,965 in operating expense per athlete, or $233,540 per team.
The Virginia Tech women’s tennis program generated $140,847 in revenue against $1,163,471 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,022,624. That works out to about $14,944 in operating expense per athlete, or $224,156 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $145,508 to the women’s $140,847 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, tennis sits #12 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 994 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, tennis grades out ahead at 997.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.