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Division III · Northwest Conference

Pacific Lutheran University Women's Soccer

Tacoma, WA · the Lutes · Pacific Lutheran University overview
37
Roster
2024–25 season
$228k
Team budget
85th percentile in Division III
$6,166
Per roster spot
median $5,134
5
Coaches
1 head · 4 assistant
81%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Pacific Lutheran University fields a women's soccer team in the Northwest Conference (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 37 players, above the median of 28, with 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Team expenses were $228,150, well above the median of $146k — $6,166 per roster spot, upper half of Division III women's soccer programs. The school reports no athletic aid for women's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.

Among Division III women's soccer programs

Where this program sits against its 400 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$228k
Spend per player$6,166
Roster size37
Coaching staff5

Team budgets across the division

$21k$890k
this programevery Division III women's soccer program

Roster sizes

1271
this programevery Division III roster

The program

  • Roster37 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 4 assistant
  • Team expenses$228,150 for the year
  • Operating expenses$111,363 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$6,166 division median $5,134
  • Athletic aid, women's teamsNone school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$0 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$18,924 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Seth Spidahl head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Nathan SalvesonAssistant Coachnot on file
Dan KeeneAssistant Coachnot on file
Rachel RossAssistant 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 soccer players393,048 2024-25
  • Division III roster spots11,436 400 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 34 2.9% 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%

Women's Soccer

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37on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$228,150 $6,166 per roster spot · top quarter of Division III
Coaches
1 head · 4 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
None
Recruiting spend, women's
$18,924
$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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Women's Soccer programs within 150 miles

Pacific Lutheran UniversityUniversity of Puget Sound · 8 miSaint Martin's University · 19 miSeattle University · 33 miSeattle Pacific University · 35 miUniversity of Washington · 36 miCentral Washington University · 90 miUniversity of Portland · 110 miWestern Washington University · 110 miWillamette University · 112 miPortland State University · 113 miPacific University (Oregon) · 117 miLewis & Clark College · 118 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference826$146k—76%
Saint Martin's University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference1926$371k—76%
Seattle University Division I · West Coast Conference3332$1.7M99376%
Seattle Pacific University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference3523$578k—91%
University of Washington Division I · Big Ten Conference3634$3.5M99043%
Central Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference9032$492k—90%
University of Portland Division I · West Coast Conference11025$1.7M100095%
Western Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference11029$643k—91%
Willamette University Division III · Northwest Conference112———69%
Portland State University Division I · Big Sky Conference11332$898k99491%
Pacific University (Oregon) Division III · Northwest Conference11734$155k—92%
Lewis & Clark College Division III · Northwest Conference11825$146k—75%

Other women's soccer programs in the Northwest Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Pacific Lutheran University37$228k$6,166—vs
Whitman College30$220k$7,339—vs
Whitworth University31$205k$6,627—vs
George Fox University24$183k$7,618—vs
Linfield University27$164k$6,075—vs
Pacific University (Oregon)34$155k$4,550—vs
Lewis & Clark College25$146k$5,848—vs
University of Puget Sound26$146k$5,597—vs
Willamette University————vs

Every Northwest Conference women's soccer program · Women's Soccer budgets ranked