by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Softball at Western Washington University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. WWU is classified as NCAA Division II without football as a member of Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
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The WWU women’s softball team lists 21 players.
Among the 9 varsity sports WWU sponsors, softball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Sheryl Gilmore.
Across the school’s 9 sports, softball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WWU women’s softball program generated $654,945 in revenue against $654,945 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $12,229 in operating expense per athlete, or $256,817 per team.
Against the school’s 9 sports, softball ranks #5 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When WWU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.