by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Swimming at Washington State University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Wazzu is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Pac-12 Conference.
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The Wazzu women’s swimming team fields 26 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 88. The NCAA tracked 102 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Wazzu sponsors, swimming comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s swimming program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Russell Whitaker.
Among the school’s 12 sports, swimming sits #9 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wazzu women’s swimming program brought in $1,463,164 in revenue against $2,102,282 in expenses, running a deficit of $639,118. Per athlete, that is about $9,512 in operating expense per athlete, or $247,323 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, swimming ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, swimming sits above average at 989.
When Wazzu places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.