California Lutheran University Baseball
California Lutheran University fields a baseball team in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 44 players, about the median of 43, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $290,688, above the median of $236k — $6,606 per roster spot, upper half of Division III baseball programs. The school reports no athletic aid for men's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.
Among Division III baseball programs
Where this program sits against its 371 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes
The program
- Roster44 2024–25 season
- Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
- Team expenses$290,688 for the year
- Operating expenses$95,552 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$6,606 division median $5,554
- Athletic aid, men's teamsNone school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$0 across men's teams
- Recruiting spend, men's$29,654 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Scherer head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youany time
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school baseball players472,598 2024-25
- Division III roster spots16,317 371 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 29 3.5% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division III; the baseball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Private · Master's university
- Affiliation
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 74%
Baseball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $290,688 $6,607 per roster spot · upper half of Division III
- Coaches
- 1 head · 3 assistant
- Athletic aid, men's teams
- None
- Recruiting spend, men's
- $29,654
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $50,670
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 0 burglaries · 4 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 2 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research California Lutheran University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Baseball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference | 16 | 40 | $2.9M | 981 | 50% | |
| California State University, Northridge Division I · Big West Conference | 20 | 27 | $2M | 950 | 93% | |
| University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference | 27 | 40 | $5.2M | 987 | 9% | |
| Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference | 32 | 41 | $2.6M | 970 | 40% | |
| University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference | 37 | 40 | $5.9M | 987 | 10% | |
| Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 39 | 44 | $281k | — | 40% | |
| California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 42 | 44 | $619k | — | 92% | |
| California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 43 | 23 | $229k | — | 3% | |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 43 | 42 | $525k | — | 91% | |
| Westmont College Division II · Pacific West Conference | 47 | 54 | $765k | — | 80% | |
| Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 51 | 56 | $150k | — | 85% | |
| Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference | 53 | 40 | $2M | 962 | 47% |
Other baseball programs in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azusa Pacific University | 47 | $960k | $20,419 | — | vs | |
| Chapman University | 36 | $438k | $12,156 | — | vs | |
| Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 38 | $343k | $9,017 | — | vs | |
| University of La Verne | 46 | $326k | $7,081 | — | vs | |
| California Lutheran University | 44 | $291k | $6,606 | — | vs | |
| University of Redlands | 34 | $289k | $8,506 | — | vs | |
| Occidental College | 44 | $281k | $6,395 | — | vs | |
| Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 44 | $261k | $5,940 | — | vs | |
| California Institute of Technology | 23 | $229k | $9,965 | — | vs | |
| Whittier College | 56 | $150k | $2,677 | — | vs |
Every Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. baseball program · Baseball budgets ranked