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Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference

Florida Gulf Coast University Women's Golf

Fort Myers, FL · the Eagles · Florida Gulf Coast University overview
9
Roster
at the D-I cap of 9
$374k
Team budget
34th percentile in Division I
$41,602
Per roster spot
median $59,127
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
77%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Florida Gulf Coast University fields a women's golf team in the Atlantic Sun Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 9 players, above the median of 8, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $374,419, below the median of $473k — $41,602 per roster spot, lower half of Division I women's golf programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 9 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 1000, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,022,994 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $20,153 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's golf programs

Where this program sits against its 279 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$374k
Spend per player$41,602
Roster size9
Coaching staff2
APR1000

Team budgets across the division

$84k$2.4M
this programevery Division I women's golf program

Roster sizes (cap 9)

413
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster9 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap9 at the cap
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$374,419 for the year
  • Operating expenses$102,808 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$41,602 division median $59,127
  • Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$3,022,994 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$20,153 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$167,843 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Shannon Sykora head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school golf players85,385 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots2,285 279 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 37 2.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's golf 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.
14,227undergraduates · 16,167 students in all
Women 58% Men 42%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Public · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
None
77%admitted · of 16,050 applicants
SAT middle 50%1040 – 1210
ACT middle 50%20 – 25
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
56%

Women's Golf

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9on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 99
exactly at the cap
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$374,419 $41,602 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$3,022,994
Recruiting spend, women's
$167,843
$10,548net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$23,732
Sticker, out-of-state$42,776
Average net price$10,548
Net price by family income
$0–30k$6,146
$30–48k$7,093
$48–75k$9,954
$75–110k$14,265
$110k and up$16,165
Tuition & fees
$6,118 in-state · $25,162 out

Campus safety

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0.3violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.30
Property0.04
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 13 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
15 over 2022–2024
22%of bachelor's degrees in business · 24 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business662 · 22%
Health professions & nursing337 · 11%
Psychology294 · 10%
Multidisciplinary studies267 · 9%
Criminal justice & protective services200 · 7%

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Women's Golf programs within 150 miles

Florida Gulf Coast UniversityNova Southeastern University · 98 miFlorida International University · 100 miLynn University · 102 miEckerd College · 103 miFlorida Atlantic University · 104 miBarry University · 106 miUniversity of Miami (Florida) · 106 miPalm Beach Atlantic University · 108 miFlorida Southern College · 109 miUniversity of Tampa · 111 miUniversity of South Florida · 117 miSaint Leo University · 133 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Nova Southeastern University Division II · Sunshine State Conference989$464k—73%
Florida International University Division I · Conference USA1008$426k100059%
Lynn University Division II · Sunshine State Conference1027$396k—74%
Eckerd College Division II · Sunshine State Conference1036$271k—79%
Florida Atlantic University Division I · American Conference1049$472k98573%
Barry University Division II · Sunshine State Conference1069$428k—59%
University of Miami (Florida) Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference1068$1.5M100019%
Palm Beach Atlantic University Division II · Sunshine State Conference10818$388k—88%
Florida Southern College Division II · Sunshine State Conference10910$480k—59%
University of Tampa Division II · Sunshine State Conference1119$409k—41%
University of South Florida Division I · American Conference1178$859k100041%
Saint Leo University Division II · Sunshine State Conference1339$294k—72%

Other women's golf programs in the Atlantic Sun Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Lipscomb University room for 18$612k$76,474993vs
University of North Florida room for 27$524k$74,8061000vs
Jacksonville University 1 over cap10$499k$49,931998vs
Stetson University room for 18$498k$62,271995vs
Florida Gulf Coast University at cap9$374k$41,6021000vs
Queens University of Charlotte 1 over cap10$308k$30,768—vs
University of West Florida room for 36$236k$39,415—vs
Bellarmine University at cap9$223k$24,752—vs

Every Atlantic Sun Conference women's golf program · Women's Golf budgets ranked