This page takes a deep look at Softball at Yale University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Yale plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Yale women’s softball team fields 22 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 71. The NCAA tracked 81 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 22 varsity sports Yale reports, softball comes in at #14 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Laura Ricciardone.
Among the school’s 22 sports, softball sits #13 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Yale women’s softball program brought in $819,955 in revenue against $819,955 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $9,702 in operating expense per athlete, or $213,440 per team.
Against the school’s 22 sports, softball ranks #14 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, softball trails the average at 991.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.