California State University, Monterey Bay Women's Basketball
California State University, Monterey Bay fields a women's basketball team in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $512,711, below the median of $576k — $34,180 per roster spot, lower half of Division II women's basketball programs. The school gave $520,156 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $3,096 per roster spot.
Among Division II women's basketball programs
Where this program sits against its 294 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes
The program
- Roster15 2024–25 season
- Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
- Team expenses$512,711 for the year
- Operating expenses$129,409 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$34,180 division median $35,547
- Athletic aid, women's teams$520,156 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$3,096 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$24,599 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hopkins-Chery head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
- Division II roster spots4,983 294 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 71 1.4% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division II; the women's basketball 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
- Suburb
- Type
- Public · Master's university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores not considered
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 63%
Women's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $512,711 $34,181 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
- Coaches
- 1 head · 1 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $520,156
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $24,599
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $7,437 in-state · $19,317 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 2 burglaries · 25 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 13 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research California State University, Monterey Bay
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.
Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference | 7 | — | — | — | — | |
| University of California, Santa Cruz Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference | 28 | 14 | $266k | — | 63% | |
| San Jose State University Division I · Mountain West Conference | 48 | 15 | $2.1M | 991 | 80% | |
| Santa Clara University Division I · West Coast Conference | 49 | 13 | $2.7M | 984 | 44% | |
| Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 57 | 24 | $7.9M | 1000 | 4% | |
| Menlo College Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 59 | 18 | $776k | — | 68% | |
| California State University, East Bay Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 71 | 13 | $785k | — | 97% | |
| California State University, Stanislaus Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 80 | 11 | $500k | — | 97% | |
| San Francisco State University Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 83 | 13 | $424k | — | 96% | |
| Saint Mary's College of California Division I · West Coast Conference | 84 | 15 | $2.9M | 981 | 89% | |
| University of San Francisco Division I · West Coast Conference | 86 | 14 | $3.8M | 991 | 51% | |
| University of California, Berkeley Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 88 | 33 | $11M | 983 | 12% |
Other women's basketball programs in the California Collegiate Athletic Association
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California State University, San Bernardino | 14 | $956k | $68,250 | — | vs | |
| California State University, Los Angeles | 16 | $786k | $49,111 | — | vs | |
| California State University, East Bay | 13 | $785k | $60,402 | — | vs | |
| Menlo College | 18 | $776k | $43,128 | — | vs | |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | 14 | $676k | $48,256 | — | vs | |
| Fresno Pacific University | 15 | $643k | $42,891 | — | vs | |
| California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt | 15 | $637k | $42,438 | — | vs | |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills | 17 | $617k | $36,294 | — | vs | |
| California State University, Chico | 12 | $595k | $49,566 | — | vs | |
| California State University, San Marcos | 18 | $529k | $29,387 | — | vs | |
| California State University, Monterey Bay | 15 | $513k | $34,180 | — | vs | |
| California State University, Stanislaus | 11 | $500k | $45,467 | — | vs | |
| San Francisco State University | 13 | $424k | $32,637 | — | vs | |
| University of California, Merced | 17 | $277k | $16,313 | — | vs |
Every California Collegiate Athletic Association women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked