Seattle University Women's Basketball
Seattle University fields a women's basketball team in the West Coast Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 11 players, below the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Team expenses were $1,900,943, below the median of $2.2M — $172,813 per roster spot, upper half of Division I women's basketball programs. That leaves room for 4 under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 996, about the median of 986, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $4,424,935 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $20,297 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's basketball programs
Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 15)
The program
- Roster11 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap15 room for 4
- Coaching staff1 head, 4 assistant
- Team expenses$1,900,943 for the year
- Operating expenses$582,140 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$172,813 division median $141,297
- Academic Progress Rate996 multi-year; 983 latest
- Players retained99% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$4,424,935 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$20,297 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$179,573 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| John Bonner head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
- Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's basketball 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 · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 73%
Women's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $1,900,943 $172,813 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 4 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $4,424,935
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $179,573
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $54,285
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 14 burglaries · 11 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 2 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research Seattle University
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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Division I · Big Ten Conference | 3 | 24 | $7.5M | 986 | 43% | |
| Seattle Pacific University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference | 3 | 13 | $625k | — | 91% | |
| University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference | 25 | 14 | $191k | — | 76% | |
| Pacific Lutheran University Division III · Northwest Conference | 33 | 16 | $202k | — | 81% | |
| Saint Martin's University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference | 46 | 14 | $767k | — | 76% | |
| Western Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference | 78 | 14 | $1.1M | — | 91% | |
| Central Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference | 93 | 14 | $580k | — | 90% | |
| University of Portland Division I · West Coast Conference | 142 | 17 | $2.4M | 990 | 95% | |
| Willamette University Division III · Northwest Conference | 145 | — | — | — | 69% | |
| Portland State University Division I · Big Sky Conference | 146 | 16 | $1.5M | 967 | 91% | |
| Pacific University (Oregon) Division III · Northwest Conference | 149 | 26 | $264k | — | 92% | |
| Lewis & Clark College Division III · Northwest Conference | 150 | 12 | $187k | — | 75% |
Other women's basketball programs in the West Coast Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount University at cap | 15 | $4.4M | $294,580 | 981 | vs | |
| University of San Francisco room for 1 | 14 | $3.8M | $269,032 | 991 | vs | |
| Pepperdine University 5 over cap | 20 | $3.5M | $177,407 | 1000 | vs | |
| Saint Mary's College of California at cap | 15 | $2.9M | $191,608 | 981 | vs | |
| University of San Diego 1 over cap | 16 | $2.9M | $178,758 | 1000 | vs | |
| Santa Clara University room for 2 | 13 | $2.7M | $210,377 | 984 | vs | |
| University of Denver at cap | 15 | $2.6M | $170,998 | 979 | vs | |
| University of the Pacific 1 over cap | 16 | $2.6M | $159,901 | 987 | vs | |
| University of Portland 2 over cap | 17 | $2.4M | $138,445 | 990 | vs | |
| Seattle University room for 4 | 11 | $1.9M | $172,813 | 996 | vs |
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