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Division II · Conference Carolinas

University of Mount Olive Women's Basketball

Mount Olive, NC · the Trojans · University of Mount Olive overview
28
Roster
2024–25 season
$557k
Team budget
47th percentile in Division II
$19,879
Per roster spot
median $35,547
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
78%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

University of Mount Olive fields a women's basketball team in the Conference Carolinas (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 28 players, well above the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $556,622, about the median of $576k — $19,879 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division II women's basketball programs. The school gave $2,716,166 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $8,934 per roster spot.

Among Division II women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 294 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$557k
Spend per player$19,879
Roster size28
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$58k$1.8M
this programevery Division II women's basketball program

Roster sizes

1045
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster28 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$556,622 for the year
  • Operating expenses$63,913 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$19,879 division median $35,547
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$2,716,166 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$8,934 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$13,766 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Joey Higginbotham 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 players356,240 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots4,983 294 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 71 1.4% 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.
1,937undergraduates · 2,128 students in all
Women 69% Men 31%
Setting
Rural
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Original Free Will Baptist
78%admitted · of 1,748 applicants
ACT middle 50%17 – 22
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
46%

Women's Basketball

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28on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$556,622 $19,879 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$2,716,166
Recruiting spend, women's
$13,766
$17,893net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$40,512
Average net price$17,893
Net price by family income
$0–30k$14,775
$30–48k$12,115
$48–75k$18,062
$75–110k$15,969
$110k and up$21,442
Tuition & fees
$25,950

Campus safety

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0violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.00
Property0.00
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 0 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
25%of bachelor's degrees in business · 20 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business103 · 25%
Education57 · 14%
Agriculture48 · 12%
Health professions & nursing41 · 10%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation38 · 9%

Research University of Mount Olive

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

University of Mount OliveBarton College · 37 miCampbell University · 40 miMethodist University · 46 miFayetteville State University · 47 miEast Carolina University · 48 miShaw University · 50 miWilliam Peace University · 51 miNorth Carolina State University · 52 miMeredith College · 54 miNorth Carolina Wesleyan University · 58 miUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington · 69 miNorth Carolina Central University · 71 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Barton College Division II · Conference Carolinas3724$478k—96%
Campbell University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association4013$2M99594%
Methodist University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference4622$157k—75%
Fayetteville State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association4715$510k—80%
East Carolina University Division I · American Conference4815$3M96190%
Shaw University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association5017$628k—30%
William Peace University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference5114$154k—97%
North Carolina State University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference5213$6.2M98640%
Meredith College Division III · USA South Athletic Conference54———75%
North Carolina Wesleyan University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference5815$151k—78%
University of North Carolina Wilmington Division I · Coastal Athletic Association6915$1.8M99174%
North Carolina Central University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.7116$1.3M98090%

Other women's basketball programs in the Conference Carolinas

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Mount Olive28$557k$19,879—vs
North Greenville University15$532k$35,468—vs
Emmanuel University (Georgia)17$523k$30,783—vs
Francis Marion University13$519k$39,959—vs
Young Harris College18$502k$27,901—vs
Barton College24$478k$19,900—vs
Shorter University19$457k$24,055—vs
King University15$448k$29,835—vs
Belmont Abbey College27$435k$16,116—vs
Chowan University17$424k$24,938—vs
Converse University18$417k$23,184—vs
Southern Wesleyan University17$347k$20,398—vs
Erskine College23$303k$13,177—vs
Lees-McRae College15$288k$19,225—vs
University of North Carolina at Pembroke15$264k$17,579—vs
Ferrum College18$181k$10,040—vs

Every Conference Carolinas women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked