High Point University Women's Track & Field
High Point University fields a women's track & field team in the Big South Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 113 players, above the median of 95, with 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Team expenses were $1,798,728, well above the median of $939k — $15,917 per roster spot, upper half of Division I women's track & field programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 45 in force from 2025-26, that is 68 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (315 of 348 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 987, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $6,205,265 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $23,153 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's track & field programs
Where this program sits against its 348 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 45)
The program
- Roster113 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap45 68 over last season
- Coaching staff1 head, 4 assistant
- Team expenses$1,798,728 for the year
- Operating expenses$256,446 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$15,917 division median $10,430
- Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained100% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$6,205,265 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$23,153 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$239,105 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Esposito 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 track & field players513,808 2024-25
- Division I roster spots33,139 348 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 16 6.4% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's track & field 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 · Baccalaureate college
- Affiliation
- United Methodist
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 69%
Women's Track & Field
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $1,798,728 $15,918 per roster spot · top quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 4 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $6,205,265
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $239,105
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $44,208
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 8 burglaries · 42 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 5 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research High Point 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.
Women's Track & Field programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. | 10 | 16 | $62k | — | 84% | |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Division I · Southern Conference | 12 | 48 | $166k | 983 | 90% | |
| North Carolina A&T State University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association | 14 | 82 | $939k | 977 | 46% | |
| Winston-Salem State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 15 | 28 | $399k | — | 69% | |
| Salem College (North Carolina) Division III · USA South Athletic Conference | 16 | — | — | — | 87% | |
| Wake Forest University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 19 | 98 | $2.4M | 983 | 22% | |
| Elon University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association | 29 | 152 | $1.6M | 993 | 67% | |
| Catawba College Division II · South Atlantic Conference | 34 | 61 | $532k | — | 78% | |
| Livingstone College Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 34 | 21 | $137k | — | 74% | |
| Pfeiffer University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference | 37 | 53 | $70k | — | 95% | |
| Averett University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. | 53 | 23 | $50k | — | 48% | |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 53 | 118 | $2.4M | 983 | 19% |
Other women's track & field programs in the Big South Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Point University 68 over cap | 113 | $1.8M | $15,917 | 1000 | vs | |
| Charleston Southern University 31 over cap | 76 | $798k | $10,496 | 946 | vs | |
| Gardner-Webb University room for 16 | 29 | $645k | $22,248 | 970 | vs | |
| Winthrop University 37 over cap | 82 | $534k | $6,510 | 981 | vs | |
| University of South Carolina Upstate 36 over cap | 81 | $474k | $5,857 | 944 | vs | |
| University of North Carolina Asheville 38 over cap | 83 | $453k | $5,456 | 988 | vs | |
| Longwood University room for 15 | 30 | $447k | $14,887 | — | vs | |
| Radford University 32 over cap | 77 | $365k | $4,740 | 981 | vs | |
| Presbyterian College | — | — | — | — | vs |
Every Big South Conference women's track & field program · Women's Track & Field budgets ranked