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Division I · Big Sky Conference

Southern Utah University Softball

Cedar City, UT · the Thunderbirds · Southern Utah University overview
20
Roster
room for 5 under the cap of 25
$709k
Team budget
21st percentile in Division I
$35,457
Per roster spot
median $46,727
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
968
APR
95% of players retained
80%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Southern Utah University fields a softball team in the Big Sky Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 20 players, below the median of 23, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $709,152, below the median of $1.1M — $35,457 per roster spot, lower half of Division I softball programs. That leaves room for 5 under the Division I roster cap of 25 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 968, about the median of 989, with 95% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,562,950 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $10,723 per roster spot.

Among Division I softball programs

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

Team budget$709k
Spend per player$35,457
Roster size20
Coaching staff3
APR968

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

  • Roster20 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap25 room for 5
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$709,152 for the year
  • Operating expenses$195,955 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$35,457 division median $46,727
  • Academic Progress Rate968 multi-year; 952 latest
  • Players retained95% year to year
  • Eligible99% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$2,562,950 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$10,723 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$113,152 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Don Don Williams head coachHead Coachnot on file
Matt LisleHead Softball CoachOn file · sign in
Staci ChambersAssistant Coachnot 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.
13,043undergraduates · 15,033 students in all
Women 58% Men 42%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
80%admitted · of 19,190 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
51%
20on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2520
room for 5
Academic Progress Rate968
95% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$709,152 $35,458 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$2,562,950
Recruiting spend, women's
$113,152
$12,375net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$20,294
Sticker, out-of-state$34,110
Average net price$12,375
Net price by family income
$0–30k$7,156
$30–48k$8,339
$48–75k$11,243
$75–110k$14,197
$110k and up$15,580
Tuition & fees
$6,770 in-state · $20,586 out

Campus safety

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0.43violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.43
Property0.24
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 14 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
12 over 2022–2024
16%of bachelor's degrees in business · 26 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business265 · 16%
Education176 · 11%
Liberal arts & general studies150 · 9%
Health professions & nursing115 · 7%
Psychology112 · 7%

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Softball programs within 150 miles

Southern Utah UniversityUtah Tech University · 48 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Utah Tech University Division I · Big Sky Conference4823$874k——

Other softball programs in the Big Sky Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Montana room for 421$1.2M$56,615973vs
Portland State University room for 124$1M$43,298990vs
Weber State University at cap25$947k$37,889994vs
Idaho State University room for 124$900k$37,495940vs
Utah Tech University room for 223$874k$38,006—vs
University of Northern Colorado 1 over cap26$873k$33,590968vs
Southern Utah University room for 520$709k$35,457968vs

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