by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Lacrosse at Virginia Wesleyan University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. VWU competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Old Dominion Athletic Conf..
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The VWU men’s lacrosse team fields 45 athletes.
The VWU women’s lacrosse team carries 20 athletes.
Combined, VWU fields 65 lacrosse athletes — 45 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports VWU sponsors, lacrosse sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Samuel Jones.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Emerson Foster.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 14 sports, lacrosse ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The VWU men’s lacrosse program brought in $205,526 in revenue against $205,526 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $1,938 in operating expense per athlete, or $87,207 per team.
The VWU women’s lacrosse program reported $94,726 in revenue against $94,726 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $1,489 in operating expense per athlete, or $29,781 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $205,526 to the women’s $94,726 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, lacrosse sits #4 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.