by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at Wake Forest University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Wake Forest University is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Wake Forest University men’s baseball team lists 40 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 85. Academic data covers 97 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports Wake Forest University sponsors, baseball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Tom Walter.
Across the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wake Forest University men’s baseball program brought in $5,183,705 in revenue against $5,183,705 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $28,946 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,157,837 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, baseball sits below average at 983.
If Wake Forest University places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.