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Division I · Southland Conference

Stephen F. Austin State University Baseball

Nacogdoches, TX · the Lumberjacks · Stephen F. Austin State University overview
59
Roster
25 over the D-I cap of 34
$884k
Team budget
16th percentile in Division I
$14,985
Per roster spot
median $39,211
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
918
APR
94% of players retained
88%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Stephen F. Austin State University fields a baseball team in the Southland Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 59 players, above the median of 40, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $884,167, well below the median of $1.6M — $14,985 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I baseball programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 34 in force from 2025-26, that is 25 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (279 of 306 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 918, about the median of 979, with 94% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,643,959 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $10,178 per roster spot.

Among Division I baseball programs

Where this program sits against its 306 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$884k
Spend per player$14,985
Roster size59
Coaching staff3
APR918

Team budgets across the division

$210k$11M
this programevery Division I baseball program

Roster sizes (cap 34)

2560
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster59 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap34 25 over last season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$884,167 for the year
  • Operating expenses$271,935 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$14,985 division median $39,211
  • Academic Progress Rate918 multi-year; 907 latest
  • Players retained94% year to year
  • Eligible89% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$3,643,959 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$10,178 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$289,929 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Matt Vanderburg head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Philip MiddletonAssociate Head Coach / Pitching CoachOn file · sign in
Caleb ClowersAssistant Head Coach / Hitting CoachOn file · sign in
Austin BakerAssistant Coach / Recruiting CoordinatorOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youAugust 1 before junior year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school baseball players472,598 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots12,211 306 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 39 2.6% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
9,575undergraduates · 10,888 students in all
Women 63% Men 37%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
88%admitted · of 12,591 applicants
SAT middle 50%980 – 1160
ACT middle 50%18 – 25
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
52%
59on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 3459
25 over — players already on the roster may stay
Academic Progress Rate918
94% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$884,167 $14,986 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$3,643,959
Recruiting spend, men's
$289,929
$15,498net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$26,804
Sticker, out-of-state$36,884
Average net price$15,498
Net price by family income
$0–30k$11,426
$30–48k$11,174
$48–75k$14,068
$75–110k$18,985
$110k and up$21,940
Tuition & fees
$10,600 in-state · $20,680 out

Campus safety

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0.64violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.64
Property0.32
In residence halls
5 burglaries · 16 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
5 over 2022–2024
19%of bachelor's degrees in business · 24 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business378 · 19%
Multidisciplinary studies293 · 15%
Health professions & nursing275 · 14%
Visual & performing arts178 · 9%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation98 · 5%

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Baseball programs within 150 miles

Stephen F. Austin State UniversityLeTourneau University · 59 miThe University of Texas at Tyler · 60 miEast Texas Baptist University · 67 miCentenary College (Louisiana) · 80 miSam Houston State University · 82 miNorthwestern State University · 92 miLamar University · 114 miTexas A&M University, College Station · 121 miGrambling State University · 129 miMcNeese State University · 131 miPrairie View A&M University · 132 miLouisiana Tech University · 133 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
LeTourneau University Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference5940$361k—41%
The University of Texas at Tyler Division II · Lone Star Conference6049$1.1M—92%
East Texas Baptist University Division III · American Southwest Conference6740$433k—60%
Centenary College (Louisiana) Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference8058$343k—54%
Sam Houston State University Division I · Conference USA8236$1.3M97985%
Northwestern State University Division I · Southland Conference9243$916k98194%
Lamar University Division I · Southland Conference11440$1.6M95286%
Texas A&M University, College Station Division I · Southeastern Conference12148$9M96163%
Grambling State University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.12940$863k94824%
McNeese State University Division I · Southland Conference13141$975k99568%
Prairie View A&M University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.13243$682k97575%
Louisiana Tech University Division I · Sun Belt Conference13340$2.1M97673%

Other baseball programs in the Southland Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Southeastern Louisiana University 9 over cap43$2.2M$50,211980vs
Lamar University 6 over cap40$1.6M$40,497952vs
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 6 over cap40$1.5M$36,731961vs
University of the Incarnate Word 11 over cap45$1.2M$27,600959vs
Houston Christian University 7 over cap41$1.2M$28,224971vs
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 10 over cap44$1.1M$25,252963vs
LSU New Orleans 11 over cap45$1M$22,576957vs
McNeese State University 7 over cap41$975k$23,776995vs
Northwestern State University 9 over cap43$916k$21,293981vs
Stephen F. Austin State University 25 over cap59$884k$14,985918vs
Nicholls State University 13 over cap47$859k$18,287969vs

Every Southland Conference baseball program · Baseball budgets ranked