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Division III · Northwest Conference

Pacific Lutheran University Baseball

Tacoma, WA · the Lutes · Pacific Lutheran University overview
44
Roster
2024–25 season
$305k
Team budget
72nd percentile in Division III
$6,941
Per roster spot
median $5,554
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
81%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Pacific Lutheran University fields a baseball team in the Northwest Conference (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 44 players, about the median of 43, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $305,412, above the median of $236k — $6,941 per roster spot, upper half of Division III baseball programs. The school reports no athletic aid for men's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.

Among Division III baseball programs

Where this program sits against its 371 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$305k
Spend per player$6,941
Roster size44
Coaching staff4

Team budgets across the division

$38k$960k
this programevery Division III baseball program

Roster sizes

18107
this programevery Division III roster

The program

  • Roster44 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$305,412 for the year
  • Operating expenses$159,852 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$6,941 division median $5,554
  • Athletic aid, men's teamsNone school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$0 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$14,923 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Nolan Soete head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

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  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school baseball players472,598 2024-25
  • Division III roster spots16,317 371 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 29 3.5% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
2,393undergraduates · 2,737 students in all
Women 64% Men 36%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Evangelical Lutheran Church
81%admitted · of 4,139 applicants
SAT middle 50%988 – 1258
ACT middle 50%21 – 27
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
71%
44on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$305,412 $6,941 per roster spot · upper half of Division III
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
None
Recruiting spend, men's
$14,923
$23,841net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$66,837
Average net price$23,841
Net price by family income
$0–30k$13,847
$30–48k$13,035
$48–75k$18,653
$75–110k$24,898
$110k and up$29,289
Tuition & fees
$50,272

Campus safety

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4.17violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent4.17
Property20.14
In residence halls
9 burglaries · 19 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
22%of bachelor's degrees in health professions & nursing · 20 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Health professions & nursing132 · 22%
Business58 · 10%
Visual & performing arts48 · 8%
Social sciences46 · 8%
Biological sciences43 · 7%

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Baseball programs within 150 miles

Pacific Lutheran UniversityUniversity of Puget Sound · 8 miSaint Martin's University · 19 miSeattle University · 33 miUniversity of Washington · 36 miCentral Washington University · 90 miUniversity of Portland · 110 miWillamette University · 112 miPacific University (Oregon) · 117 miLewis & Clark College · 118 miGeorge Fox University · 130 miLinfield University · 139 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference847$249k—76%
Saint Martin's University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference1939$507k—76%
Seattle University Division I · West Coast Conference3333$1.8M96676%
University of Washington Division I · Big Ten Conference3643$4.8M97943%
Central Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference9033$436k—90%
University of Portland Division I · West Coast Conference11038$1.7M98395%
Willamette University Division III · Northwest Conference112———69%
Pacific University (Oregon) Division III · Northwest Conference11758$336k—92%
Lewis & Clark College Division III · Northwest Conference11829$228k—75%
George Fox University Division III · Northwest Conference13063$416k—96%
Linfield University Division III · Northwest Conference13944$316k—88%

Other baseball programs in the Northwest Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
George Fox University63$416k$6,607—vs
Whitman College34$372k$10,933—vs
Pacific University (Oregon)58$336k$5,789—vs
Whitworth University44$320k$7,267—vs
Linfield University44$316k$7,170—vs
Pacific Lutheran University44$305k$6,941—vs
University of Puget Sound47$249k$5,306—vs
Lewis & Clark College29$228k$7,861—vs
Willamette University————vs

Every Northwest Conference baseball program · Baseball budgets ranked