by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Volleyball at Wichita State University — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. WSU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of American Conference.
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The WSU women’s volleyball team carries 22 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 61. The NCAA tracked 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 10 varsity sports WSU reports, volleyball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Chris Lamb.
Across the school’s 10 sports, volleyball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WSU women’s volleyball program generated $1,401,282 in revenue against $1,401,282 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $17,775 in operating expense per athlete, or $391,045 per team.
Against the school’s 10 sports, volleyball sits #5 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 990, volleyball grades out ahead at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.