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Marist University Softball

Poughkeepsie, NY · the Red Foxes · Marist University overview
18
Roster
room for 7 under the cap of 25
$988k
Team budget
42nd percentile in Division I
$54,883
Per roster spot
median $46,727
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
982
APR
97% of players retained
65%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Marist University fields a softball team in the Metro Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 18 players, below the median of 23, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $987,899, about the median of $1.1M — $54,883 per roster spot, upper half of Division I softball programs. That leaves room for 7 under the Division I roster cap of 25 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 982, about the median of 989, with 97% of players retained year to year. The school gave $4,356,498 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $11,968 per roster spot.

Among Division I softball programs

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

Team budget$988k
Spend per player$54,883
Roster size18
Coaching staff3
APR982

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

  • Roster18 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap25 room for 7
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$987,899 for the year
  • Operating expenses$213,699 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$54,883 division median $46,727
  • Academic Progress Rate982 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained97% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$4,356,498 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$11,968 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$164,332 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Joe Ausanio head coachHead 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

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
5,545undergraduates · 6,452 students in all
Women 57% Men 43%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
None
65%admitted · of 10,224 applicants
SAT middle 50%1220 – 1360
ACT middle 50%27 – 30
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
80%
18on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2518
room for 7
Academic Progress Rate982
97% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$987,899 $54,883 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$4,356,498
Recruiting spend, women's
$164,332
$40,106net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$68,410
Average net price$40,106
Net price by family income
$0–30k$25,331
$30–48k$27,034
$48–75k$34,963
$75–110k$38,862
$110k and up$43,143
Tuition & fees
$46,010

Campus safety

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2.1violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent2.10
Property0.58
In residence halls
6 burglaries · 37 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
40 over 2022–2024
29%of bachelor's degrees in business · 20 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business315 · 29%
Communication & journalism158 · 15%
Psychology121 · 11%
Visual & performing arts85 · 8%
Computer & information sciences82 · 8%

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Softball programs within 150 miles

Marist UniversityState University of New York at New Paltz · 8 miMount Saint Mary College (New York) · 15 miU.S. Military Academy · 23 miWestern Connecticut State University · 34 miRamapo College · 46 miPost University · 46 miDominican University New York · 47 miSt. Thomas Aquinas College · 47 miPurchase College, State University of New York · 48 miMercy University · 48 miManhattanville University · 49 miSacred Heart University · 50 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
State University of New York at New Paltz Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference818$152k—59%
Mount Saint Mary College (New York) Division III · Skyline Conference1516$111k—82%
U.S. Military Academy Division I · Patriot League23——96814%
Western Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference3430$336k—81%
Ramapo College Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference4620$251k—73%
Post University Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference4615$277k——
Dominican University New York Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference4715$117k—79%
St. Thomas Aquinas College Division II · East Coast Conference4721$342k—82%
Purchase College, State University of New York Division III · Skyline Conference4814$46k—73%
Mercy University Division II · East Coast Conference4824$210k—85%
Manhattanville University Division III · Skyline Conference4921$138k—85%
Sacred Heart University Division I · Metro Conference5025$1M100068%

Other softball programs in the Metro Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Quinnipiac University 2 over cap27$1.1M$40,588993vs
Sacred Heart University at cap25$1M$41,3561000vs
Mount St. Mary's University room for 322$992k$45,095986vs
Marist University room for 718$988k$54,883982vs
Fairfield University room for 223$970k$42,153996vs
Siena University 1 over cap26$872k$33,528992vs
Merrimack College at cap25$864k$34,547—vs
Iona University room for 619$748k$39,3621000vs
Rider University room for 322$594k$26,994993vs
Canisius University at cap25$544k$21,766985vs
Niagara University 4 over cap29$515k$17,759990vs
Manhattan University room for 916$507k$31,6701000vs
Saint Peter's University room for 916$262k$16,354985vs

Every Metro Conference softball program · Softball budgets ranked