by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Swimming at Whitman College, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Whitman plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Northwest Conference.
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The Whitman men’s swimming team fields 18 student athletes.
The Whitman women’s swimming team lists 16 student athletes.
Between the two teams, Whitman carries 34 swimming athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Whitman sponsors, swimming sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Jennifer Blomme.
The women’s swimming program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Jennifer Blomme.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 11 sports, swimming ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Whitman men’s swimming program reported $177,920 in revenue against $147,827 in expenses, netting $30,093. This comes to about $4,454 in operating expense per athlete, or $80,166 per team.
The Whitman women’s swimming program brought in $164,551 in revenue against $138,049 in expenses, for a surplus of $26,502. That works out to about $4,454 in operating expense per athlete, or $71,259 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $177,920 to the women’s $164,551 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, swimming sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.