by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Baseball at Western Carolina University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. WCU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The WCU men’s baseball team fields 41 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 99. Academic data covers 122 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports WCU sponsors, baseball sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Alan Beck.
Among the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WCU men’s baseball program brought in $979,515 in revenue against $979,515 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $9,363 in operating expense per athlete, or $383,881 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #3 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 980, baseball sits below average at 967.
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