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Robert Morris University Softball

Moon Township, PA · the Colonials · Robert Morris University overview
23
Roster
room for 2 under the cap of 25
$884k
Team budget
35th percentile in Division I
$38,437
Per roster spot
median $46,727
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
989
APR
99% of players retained
91%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Robert Morris University fields a softball team in the Horizon League (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 23 players, about the median of 23, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $884,073, below the median of $1.1M — $38,437 per roster spot, lower half of Division I softball programs. That leaves room for 2 under the Division I roster cap of 25 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 989, about the median of 989, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $4,200,831 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $18,505 per roster spot.

Among Division I softball programs

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

Team budget$884k
Spend per player$38,437
Roster size23
Coaching staff2
APR989

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

  • Roster23 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap25 room for 2
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$884,073 for the year
  • Operating expenses$146,871 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$38,437 division median $46,727
  • Academic Progress Rate989 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained99% year to year
  • Eligible99% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$4,200,831 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$18,505 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$128,994 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Sara Pelegreen head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Rielly LucasAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Bonnie O'ConnorVolunteer Assistant Coachnot on file
Rich HolsingerVolunteer Director of Softball Operationsnot 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.
3,769undergraduates · 4,737 students in all
Women 46% Men 54%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
None
91%admitted · of 7,117 applicants
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
66%
23on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2523
room for 2
Academic Progress Rate989
99% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$884,073 $38,438 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$4,200,831
Recruiting spend, women's
$128,994
$26,215net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$53,274
Average net price$26,215
Net price by family income
$0–30k$22,158
$30–48k$19,989
$48–75k$21,568
$75–110k$26,392
$110k and up$30,770
Tuition & fees
$34,740

Campus safety

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0.44violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.44
Property0.13
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 6 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
2 over 2022–2024
35%of bachelor's degrees in business · 16 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business213 · 35%
Health professions & nursing83 · 14%
Criminal justice & protective services75 · 12%
Engineering52 · 8%
Computer & information sciences42 · 7%

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Softball programs within 150 miles

Robert Morris UniversityLa Roche University · 11 miPoint Park University · 12 miCarlow University · 14 miUniversity of Pittsburgh · 15 miCarnegie Mellon University · 15 miChatham University · 16 miGeneva College · 18 miFranciscan University of Steubenville · 24 miWashington and Jefferson College · 24 miBethany College (West Virginia) · 28 miWest Liberty University · 32 miPennsylvania Western University, Clarion · 36 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
La Roche University Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference1119$51k—78%
Point Park University Division II · Mountain East Conference1219$231k—98%
Carlow University Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference1417$135k—87%
University of Pittsburgh Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference1525$2.3M99350%
Carnegie Mellon University Division III · University Athletic Association1519$306k—11%
Chatham University Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference1617$130k—70%
Geneva College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference1828$100k——
Franciscan University of Steubenville Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference2413$58k—72%
Washington and Jefferson College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference2423$178k—82%
Bethany College (West Virginia) Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference2825$105k—60%
West Liberty University Division II · Mountain East Conference3232$297k—72%
Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference3659$948k—94%

Other softball programs in the Horizon League

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Northern Illinois University room for 124$921k$38,362992vs
Robert Morris University room for 223$884k$38,437989vs
Oakland University room for 322$699k$31,757985vs
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 1 over cap26$678k$26,071989vs
Northern Kentucky University room for 421$644k$30,664990vs
Youngstown State University room for 421$597k$28,415993vs
Indiana University Indianapolis room for 124$562k$23,423989vs
University of Detroit Mercy 6 over cap31$546k$17,622961vs

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