by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Western Michigan University, a spring 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 men’s tennis team lists 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 46. The most recent cohort included 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The WMU women’s tennis team carries 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. Academic data covers 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, WMU fields 19 tennis athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports WMU reports, tennis ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Dave Morin.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Stephen Payne (Interim).
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 13 sports, tennis ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WMU men’s tennis program generated $422,219 in revenue against $422,219 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $8,027 in operating expense per athlete, or $88,298 per team.
The WMU women’s tennis program reported $443,172 in revenue against $443,172 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $5,529 in operating expense per athlete, or $44,235 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $422,219 to the women’s $443,172 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, tennis sits #9 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, tennis grades out ahead at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.