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Division I · Southeastern Conference

University of Florida Women's Tennis

Gainesville, FL · the Gators · University of Florida overview
8
Roster
room for 2 under the cap of 10
$1.7M
Team budget
94th percentile in Division I
$207,529
Per roster spot
median $61,695
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
991
APR
98% of players retained
24%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

University of Florida fields a women's tennis team in the Southeastern Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 8 players, below the median of 9, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $1,660,239, well above the median of $546k — $207,529 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I women's tennis programs. That leaves room for 2 under the Division I roster cap of 10 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 991, about the median of 995, with 98% of players retained year to year. The school gave $7,735,235 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $24,478 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's tennis programs

Where this program sits against its 301 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.7M
Spend per player$207,529
Roster size8
Coaching staff3
APR991

Team budgets across the division

$47k$4.9M
this programevery Division I women's tennis program

Roster sizes (cap 10)

515
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster8 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap10 room for 2
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,660,239 for the year
  • Operating expenses$354,974 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$207,529 division median $61,695
  • Academic Progress Rate991 multi-year; 967 latest
  • Players retained98% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$7,735,235 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$24,478 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$1,020,232 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Per Nilsson head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Axel DamiensAssociate Head CoachOn file · sign in
Sarah HamnerAssistant 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 tennis players204,721 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots2,689 301 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 76 1.3% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's tennis 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.
34,924undergraduates · 54,814 students in all
Women 57% Men 43%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
24%admitted · of 65,375 applicants
SAT middle 50%1300 – 1480
ACT middle 50%28 – 33
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
91%

Women's Tennis

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8on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 108
room for 2
Academic Progress Rate991
98% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,660,239 $207,530 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$7,735,235
Recruiting spend, women's
$1,020,232
$11,521net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$22,601
Sticker, out-of-state$44,879
Average net price$11,521
Net price by family income
$0–30k$2,387
$30–48k$3,437
$48–75k$8,189
$75–110k$13,440
$110k and up$15,571
Tuition & fees
$6,381 in-state · $28,659 out

Campus safety

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1.15violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.15
Property3.42
In residence halls
15 burglaries · 28 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
9 over 2022–2024
14%of bachelor's degrees in business · 25 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business1,284 · 14%
Engineering1,157 · 12%
Biological sciences1,056 · 11%
Social sciences935 · 10%
Health professions & nursing687 · 7%

Research University of Florida

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Women's Tennis programs within 150 miles

University of FloridaFlagler College · 64 miUniversity of North Florida · 66 miStetson University · 76 miEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) · 84 miBethune-Cookman University · 85 miSaint Leo University · 91 miRollins College · 95 miUniversity of Central Florida · 100 miValdosta State University · 100 miUniversity of South Florida · 110 miFlorida Southern College · 114 miUniversity of Tampa · 118 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Flagler College Division II · Peach Belt Conference647$473k—78%
University of North Florida Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference668$391k100062%
Stetson University Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference7611$636k98286%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) Division II · Sunshine State Conference8411$444k—66%
Bethune-Cookman University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.856$173k982100%
Saint Leo University Division II · Sunshine State Conference9114$206k—72%
Rollins College Division II · Sunshine State Conference9510$551k—41%
University of Central Florida Division I · Big 12 Conference10010$1.3M98440%
Valdosta State University Division II · Gulf South Conference1007$175k—83%
University of South Florida Division I · American Conference1109$938k99241%
Florida Southern College Division II · Sunshine State Conference11411$363k—59%
University of Tampa Division II · Sunshine State Conference11811$339k—41%

Other women's tennis programs in the Southeastern Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Texas A&M University, College Station 1 over cap11$4.9M$441,213986vs
University of Texas at Austin 2 over cap12$2.2M$183,4351000vs
University of Oklahoma 1 over cap11$2.1M$187,031992vs
Auburn University at cap10$2M$203,105984vs
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1 over cap11$2M$177,740992vs
Vanderbilt University room for 19$1.9M$215,620991vs
University of Mississippi room for 37$1.8M$255,2621000vs
University of Florida room for 28$1.7M$207,529991vs
Louisiana State University 3 over cap13$1.6M$126,078982vs
University of South Carolina, Columbia room for 28$1.6M$201,4921000vs
University of Georgia 2 over cap12$1.5M$125,792977vs
University of Kentucky room for 28$1.3M$164,307992vs
University of Missouri, Columbia room for 19$1.3M$145,0581000vs
Mississippi State University room for 19$1.3M$144,9451000vs
University of Alabama at cap10$1.2M$124,545992vs
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville room for 19$1.1M$121,8471000vs

Every Southeastern Conference women's tennis program · Women's Tennis budgets ranked