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Division II · Conference Carolinas

Shorter University Men's Basketball

Rome, GA · the Hawks, Lady Hawks · Shorter University overview
16
Roster
2024–25 season
$379k
Team budget
7th percentile in Division II
$23,714
Per roster spot
median $37,568
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
97%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Shorter University fields a men's basketball team in the Conference Carolinas (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 16 players, about the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $379,424, well below the median of $642k — $23,714 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $2,213,795 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $6,918 per roster spot.

Among Division II men's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 293 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$379k
Spend per player$23,714
Roster size16
Coaching staff2

Team budgets across the division

$56k$2.2M
this programevery Division II men's basketball program

Roster sizes

1261
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster16 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$379,424 for the year
  • Operating expenses$60,152 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$23,714 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$2,213,795 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$6,918 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$61,611 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Wade Anderson head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots5,660 293 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 96 1.0% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
1,322undergraduates · 1,447 students in all
Women 55% Men 45%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Baptist
97%admitted · of 783 applicants
SAT middle 50%900 – 1130
ACT middle 50%17 – 23
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
36%

Men's Basketball

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16on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$379,424 $23,714 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$2,213,795
Recruiting spend, men's
$61,611
$16,692net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$37,188
Average net price$16,692
Net price by family income
$0–30k$14,057
$30–48k$15,131
$48–75k$17,363
$75–110k$18,498
$110k and up$18,784
Tuition & fees
$24,044

Campus safety

Full picture →
1.26violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.26
Property0.25
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 2 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
2 over 2022–2024
27%of bachelor's degrees in business · 21 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business71 · 27%
Education41 · 16%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation29 · 11%
Health professions & nursing26 · 10%
Multidisciplinary studies18 · 7%

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Shorter UniversityBerry College · 2 miKennesaw State University · 38 miJacksonville State University · 44 miUniversity of West Georgia · 48 miCovenant College · 50 miUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga · 55 miOglethorpe University · 56 miGeorgia Institute of Technology · 57 miMorehouse College · 57 miClark Atlanta University · 57 miGeorgia State University · 58 miEmory University · 59 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Berry College Division III · Southern Athletic Association214$220k—62%
Kennesaw State University Division I · Conference USA3813$3M94869%
Jacksonville State University Division I · Conference USA4417$2.3M93976%
University of West Georgia Division I · United Athletic Conference4816$1.3M—49%
Covenant College Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South5020$167k—82%
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Division I · Southern Conference5517$2.3M93877%
Oglethorpe University Division III · Southern Athletic Association5624$213k—60%
Georgia Institute of Technology Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference5715$12M97016%
Morehouse College Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.57———51%
Clark Atlanta University Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.5716$817k—65%
Georgia State University Division I · Sun Belt Conference5817$2.9M94662%
Emory University Division III · University Athletic Association5916$515k—11%

Other men's basketball programs in the Conference Carolinas

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Lees-McRae College38$738k$19,432—vs
Barton College45$685k$15,219—vs
Emmanuel University (Georgia)46$595k$12,927—vs
Young Harris College19$545k$28,664—vs
Belmont Abbey College59$544k$9,226—vs
Francis Marion University34$539k$15,844—vs
University of Mount Olive41$528k$12,871—vs
Converse University19$512k$26,932—vs
North Greenville University20$494k$24,691—vs
King University25$483k$19,304—vs
Chowan University34$474k$13,933—vs
University of North Carolina at Pembroke17$390k$22,927—vs
Southern Wesleyan University28$381k$13,598—vs
Shorter University16$379k$23,714—vs
Erskine College61$281k$4,613—vs
Ferrum College18$197k$10,953—vs

Every Conference Carolinas men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked