by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Western Kentucky University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. WKU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The WKU women’s softball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 76. The most recent cohort included 75 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports WKU reports, softball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Amy Tudor.
Across the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WKU women’s softball program generated $901,575 in revenue against $901,575 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $18,721 in operating expense per athlete, or $280,808 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, softball ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, softball comes in above the pack at 1000.
When WKU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.