by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Gymnastics at Western Michigan University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. WMU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The WMU women’s gymnastics team fields 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The most recent cohort included 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports WMU reports, gymnastics comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s gymnastics program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Penny Jernigan.
Across the school’s 13 sports, gymnastics ranks #9 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WMU women’s gymnastics program brought in $797,500 in revenue against $797,500 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $6,261 in operating expense per athlete, or $125,214 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, gymnastics sits #10 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s gymnastics team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, gymnastics comes in above the pack at 995.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.