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Division I · Pac-12 Conference

Boise State University Softball

Boise, ID · the Broncos · Boise State University overview
24
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 25
$1.6M
Team budget
76th percentile in Division I
$68,284
Per roster spot
median $46,727
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
981
APR
97% of players retained
84%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Boise State University fields a softball team in the Pac-12 Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 24 players, about the median of 23, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $1,638,817, well above the median of $1.1M — $68,284 per roster spot, upper half of Division I softball programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 25 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 981, about the median of 989, with 97% of players retained year to year. The school gave $7,039,372 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $25,597 per roster spot.

Among Division I softball programs

Where this program sits against its 305 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.6M
Spend per player$68,284
Roster size24
Coaching staff4
APR981

Team budgets across the division

$234k$8.2M
this programevery Division I softball program

Roster sizes (cap 25)

1435
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster24 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap25 room for 1
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,638,817 for the year
  • Operating expenses$507,644 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$68,284 division median $46,727
  • Academic Progress Rate981 multi-year; 979 latest
  • Players retained97% year to year
  • Eligible98% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$7,039,372 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$25,597 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$324,548 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Justin Shults head coachHead Coachnot on file
Andrew RichHead CoachOn file · sign in
Kelsey BroadusAssociate Head CoachOn file · sign in
Karlee JohnsonAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Paige DimlerAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youSeptember 1 of junior year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school softball players338,315 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots7,038 305 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 48 2.1% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
23,491undergraduates · 26,670 students in all
Women 57% Men 43%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
84%admitted · of 15,949 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
61%
24on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2524
room for 1
Academic Progress Rate981
97% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,638,817 $68,284 per roster spot · top quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$7,039,372
Recruiting spend, women's
$324,548
$19,037net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$32,341
Sticker, out-of-state$50,535
Average net price$19,037
Net price by family income
$0–30k$15,387
$30–48k$16,200
$48–75k$19,197
$75–110k$22,131
$110k and up$22,767
Tuition & fees
$8,782 in-state · $26,976 out

Campus safety

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0.4violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.40
Property0.44
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 22 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
8 over 2022–2024
22%of bachelor's degrees in health professions & nursing · 23 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Health professions & nursing891 · 22%
Business862 · 22%
Multidisciplinary studies262 · 7%
Biological sciences251 · 6%
Communication & journalism224 · 6%

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Softball programs within 150 miles

Boise State UniversityNorthwest Nazarene University · 18 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Northwest Nazarene University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference1825$570k—63%

Other softball programs in the Pac-12 Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Oregon State University room for 322$1.9M$86,132990vs
San Diego State University room for 124$1.9M$77,664983vs
Texas State University 1 over cap26$1.7M$65,462988vs
California State University, Fresno 4 over cap29$1.6M$56,768971vs
Boise State University room for 124$1.6M$68,284981vs
Utah State University at cap25$1.4M$54,073982vs
Colorado State University at cap25$1.3M$53,884982vs

Every Pac-12 Conference softball program · Softball budgets ranked