by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Wichita State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. WSU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of American Conference.
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The WSU women’s softball team carries 21 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 87. The most recent cohort included 86 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 10 varsity sports WSU sponsors, softball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kristi Bredbenner.
Across the school’s 10 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WSU women’s softball program brought in $2,093,987 in revenue against $2,093,987 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $28,793 in operating expense per athlete, or $604,661 per team.
Against the school’s 10 sports, softball ranks #4 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, softball sits above average at 997.
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