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Division III · Skyline Conference

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Women's Basketball

Kings Point, NY · the Mariners · U.S. Merchant Marine Academy overview
11
Roster
2024–25 season
$168k
Team budget
47th percentile in Division III
$15,233
Per roster spot
median $10,634
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
32%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy fields a women's basketball team in the Skyline Conference (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 11 players, below the median of 16, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $167,564, about the median of $172k — $15,233 per roster spot, top quarter of Division III women's basketball programs. The school reports no athletic aid for women's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.

Among Division III women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 401 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$168k
Spend per player$15,233
Roster size11
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$22k$1.7M
this programevery Division III women's basketball program

Roster sizes

544
this programevery Division III roster

The program

  • Roster11 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$167,564 for the year
  • Operating expenses$65,732 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$15,233 division median $10,634
  • Athletic aid, women's teamsNone school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$0 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$14,374 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Alexa Shields head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

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  • High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
  • Division III roster spots6,663 401 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 53 1.9% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
947undergraduates · 961 students in all
Women 18% Men 82%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Public · Baccalaureate college
Affiliation
None
32%admitted · of 1,392 applicants
SAT middle 50%1140 – 1300
ACT middle 50%23 – 29
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
81%

Women's Basketball

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11on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$167,564 $15,233 per roster spot · lower half of Division III
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
None
Recruiting spend, women's
$14,374
$5,173net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$9,168
Average net price$5,173
Net price by family income
$0–30k$3,476
$30–48k$4,752
$48–75k$8,250
$75–110k$9,278
$110k and up$9,547
Tuition & fees
$945

Campus safety

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2.73violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent2.73
Property0.00
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 6 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
57%of bachelor's degrees in engineering · 2 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Engineering127 · 57%
Transportation94 · 43%

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

U.S. Merchant Marine AcademyQueens College (New York) · 6 miSt. John's University (New York) · 7 miFordham University · 7 miIona University · 8 miYork College (New York) · 8 miLehman College · 8 miAdelphi University · 9 miLong Island University · 9 miManhattan University · 9 miYeshiva University · 9 miSarah Lawrence College · 9 miThe City College of New York · 10 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Queens College (New York) Division II · East Coast Conference615$289k—69%
St. John's University (New York) Division I · BIG EAST Conference714$6.7M99480%
Fordham University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference722$4.1M96056%
Iona University Division I · Metro Conference816$2.3M96191%
York College (New York) Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference812$48k—59%
Lehman College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference816$67k—55%
Adelphi University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference920$635k—78%
Long Island University Division I · Northeast Conference916$2M—90%
Manhattan University Division I · Metro Conference914$1.9M98278%
Yeshiva University Division III · Skyline Conference912$109k—64%
Sarah Lawrence College Division III · Skyline Conference914$98k—59%
The City College of New York Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference1015$22k—58%

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