Remarks to Faculty Association (November 1, 2012)

• 287 student-athletes (headcount) in 19 sports (some participate in multiple sports): 8 men’s teams and 11 women’s teams
• Participant distribution was 58.5% female in 2011-2012
• Awarded $2.16 million in financial aid; 61% of that goes to females
• 48 coaches (20 female)
• Athletics total revenue in 2012-2013 is estimated at $8.05 million (was approx. $7.43 million
  last year)
• $6.7 million of revenue is from student athletics fees (second largest source was game guarantees of about $580,000)
• NCAA provides about $307,000 in additional funding
• As comparison, the top 5 athletics revenue schools are Texas ($150 million), Ohio State ($132 million), Alabama ($125 million), Florida ($123 million), and Michigan ($123 million)
• No monies come from funds that could otherwise be used for academics
• Relatively new “Osprey Nation” student booster group up to more than 800 members vs. only 60 last year ($10 per year, or $30 for full college career, gets a t-shirt and preferred seating for basketball)
• Finished third in Atlantic Sun All-Sports Trophy competition; would have won had the league counted our championship in the inaugural season of women’s sand volleyball
• Won three conference titles: women’s tennis, women’s sand volleyball, and men’s golf (men’s golf went on to finish 12^th in the national championship tournament, tied with Florida)
• Had six students win Atlantic Sun Athlete of the Year awards in their respective sport
• 11 secondary (minor issues) NCAA violations in 2011-2012, which is quite normal vis-à-vis others (and is indicative of active, good faith compliance efforts)

• 2011-2012 mean GPA:  3.02 (across men and women): 2.85 (men), 3.15 (women)
• Fall 2012 incoming freshmen admissions (n=19): mean weighted GPA = 4.014, mean SAT = 1170
• Summer 2012 incoming freshman admissions (n=17): mean weighted GPA = 3.431, mean SAT = 1020
• Graduation rate for 2005-06 freshman cohort (within six years): 63% (57% men, 67% women), versus 50% mean of all students
• Four-class average (incoming in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) graduation rate: 67%, versus 48% for all students
• Graduation rate rises to 83% when adjusted for transfers, mid-year enrollees, and those leaving in good academic standing
• 53% of student-athletes have a GPA over 3.00
• None of our teams have any issues in regard to the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate necessary to avoid penalties such as being ineligible for post-season competition, financial aid reductions, reductions in practice time or competition, coaching suspensions, etc.
• Kayla Conrad (women’s track) was awarded the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, one of only 13 women chosen nationally (and represented second straight year UNF had a winner of that scholarship)
• 145 student-athletes currently go to supervised study hall each week, including all new and any deemed “at-risk”; morning and afternoon study hall sessions are staff-monitored; many also use A.C.E. for tutoring