by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Volleyball at Winthrop University — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Winthrop competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Winthrop women’s volleyball team fields 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports Winthrop sponsors, volleyball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Heather Gearhart.
Across the school’s 11 sports, volleyball sits #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Winthrop women’s volleyball program reported $685,951 in revenue against $685,951 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $9,000 in operating expense per athlete, or $179,993 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, volleyball sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (948 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. Year over year, it held onto 93% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 976, volleyball comes in above the pack at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.