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Hampton University Softball

Hampton, VA · the Pirates · Hampton University overview
19
Roster
room for 6 under the cap of 25
$728k
Team budget
21st percentile in Division I
$38,306
Per roster spot
median $46,727
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
972
APR
96% of players retained
48%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Hampton University fields a softball team in the Coastal Athletic Association (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 19 players, below the median of 23, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $727,832, below the median of $1.1M — $38,306 per roster spot, lower half of Division I softball programs. That leaves room for 6 under the Division I roster cap of 25 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 972, about the median of 989, with 96% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,904,139 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $22,867 per roster spot.

Among Division I softball programs

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

Team budget$728k
Spend per player$38,306
Roster size19
Coaching staff3
APR972

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

  • Roster19 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap25 room for 6
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$727,832 for the year
  • Operating expenses$163,242 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$38,306 division median $46,727
  • Academic Progress Rate972 multi-year; 986 latest
  • Players retained96% year to year
  • Eligible98% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$2,904,139 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$22,867 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$113,209 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Cat Tarvin head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Ashanti EubanksAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Junior LewisAssistant Coachnot on file
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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

General NCAA rule for Division I; the softball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

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3,255undergraduates · 3,649 students in all
Women 68% Men 32%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
None
HBCU
Yes
48%admitted · of 12,119 applicants
SAT middle 50%857 – 1226
ACT middle 50%12 – 24
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
56%
19on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2519
room for 6
Academic Progress Rate972
96% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$727,832 $38,307 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$2,904,139
Recruiting spend, women's
$113,209
$28,576net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$46,048
Average net price$28,576
Net price by family income
$0–30k$29,338
$30–48k$30,636
$48–75k$32,980
$110k and up$44,119
Tuition & fees
$29,162

Campus safety

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0.94violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.94
Property1.65
In residence halls
4 burglaries · 0 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
20%of bachelor's degrees in business · 23 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business86 · 20%
Communication & journalism47 · 11%
Biological sciences46 · 10%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation45 · 10%
Psychology42 · 10%

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Softball programs within 150 miles

Hampton UniversityChristopher Newport University · 9 miNorfolk State University · 13 miBatten University · 13 miRegent University · 17 miElizabeth City State University · 52 miChowan University · 58 miVirginia State University · 61 miVirginia Union University · 72 miRandolph-Macon College · 81 miUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore · 89 miSalisbury University · 100 miNorth Carolina Wesleyan University · 105 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Christopher Newport University Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference930$275k—88%
Norfolk State University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.1325$645k95487%
Batten University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf.1327$375k—71%
Regent University Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference17———41%
Elizabeth City State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association5217$103k—70%
Chowan University Division II · Conference Carolinas5821$317k—72%
Virginia State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association6116$191k—89%
Virginia Union University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association7219$207k—98%
Randolph-Macon College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf.8124$226k—83%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.8917$606k98290%
Salisbury University Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference10022$221k—89%
North Carolina Wesleyan University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference10524$136k—78%

Other softball programs in the Coastal Athletic Association

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Hofstra University room for 322$1.4M$64,777988vs
Stony Brook University room for 520$1.4M$68,567992vs
Elon University room for 322$1.3M$60,9511000vs
Campbell University room for 124$1.1M$47,008976vs
College of Charleston (South Carolina) 2 over cap27$1.1M$39,516990vs
Drexel University room for 619$1.1M$55,760993vs
Towson University room for 124$1M$43,282981vs
Monmouth University room for 718$1M$57,365993vs
North Carolina A&T State University room for 322$737k$33,519992vs
Hampton University room for 619$728k$38,306972vs
University of North Carolina Wilmington 3 over cap28$727k$25,955988vs

Every Coastal Athletic Association softball program · Softball budgets ranked