by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Western Carolina University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. WCU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The WCU women’s tennis team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 31. Academic data covers 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports WCU reports, tennis ranks #9 by total roster size.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Bret Beaver.
Among the school’s 11 sports, tennis sits #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WCU women’s tennis program brought in $266,566 in revenue against $266,566 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,528 in operating expense per athlete, or $44,224 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, tennis ranks #9 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, tennis trails the average at 975.
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