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Division I · Big South Conference

University of North Carolina Asheville Women's Basketball

Asheville, NC · the Bulldogs · University of North Carolina Asheville overview
15
Roster
at the D-I cap of 15
$1.1M
Team budget
6th percentile in Division I
$75,726
Per roster spot
median $141,297
6
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
94%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

University of North Carolina Asheville fields a women's basketball team in the Big South Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $1,135,895, well below the median of $2.2M — $75,726 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 986, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $1,285,462 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $6,121 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.1M
Spend per player$75,726
Roster size15
Coaching staff6
APR1000

Team budgets across the division

$619k$13M
this programevery Division I women's basketball program

Roster sizes (cap 15)

1150
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster15 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap15 at the cap
  • Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,135,895 for the year
  • Operating expenses$287,967 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$75,726 division median $141,297
  • Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$1,285,462 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$6,121 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$79,556 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Tynesha Lewis head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Ron WoodardAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Asia DozierAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Leah MetcalfAssistant Coach / Recruiting CoordinatorOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% 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.
2,907undergraduates · 2,925 students in all
Women 60% Men 40%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Liberal arts college
Affiliation
None
94%admitted · of 5,465 applicants
SAT middle 50%1170 – 1350
ACT middle 50%22 – 29
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
55%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
15on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1515
exactly at the cap
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,135,895 $75,726 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$1,285,462
Recruiting spend, women's
$79,556
$14,175net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$22,279
Sticker, out-of-state$39,627
Average net price$14,175
Net price by family income
$0–30k$6,513
$30–48k$8,674
$48–75k$13,105
$75–110k$16,977
$110k and up$17,721
Tuition & fees
$7,461 in-state · $24,809 out

Campus safety

Full picture →
2.29violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent2.29
Property0.98
In residence halls
3 burglaries · 17 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
16%of bachelor's degrees in visual & performing arts · 18 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Visual & performing arts106 · 16%
Psychology101 · 15%
Social sciences65 · 10%
Business59 · 9%
Natural resources & conservation52 · 8%

Research University of North Carolina Asheville

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

University of North Carolina AshevilleWarren Wilson College · 7 miMars Hill University · 15 miBrevard College · 28 miNorth Greenville University · 39 miTusculum University · 40 miWestern Carolina University · 41 miFurman University · 48 miEast Tennessee State University · 49 miLees-McRae College · 54 miUniversity of South Carolina Upstate · 54 miGardner-Webb University · 57 miWofford College · 58 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Warren Wilson College Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference715$82k—78%
Mars Hill University Division II · South Atlantic Conference1516$411k—78%
Brevard College Division III · USA South Athletic Conference2818$156k—40%
North Greenville University Division II · Conference Carolinas3915$532k—63%
Tusculum University Division II · South Atlantic Conference4020$461k—60%
Western Carolina University Division I · Southern Conference4112$1.2M98587%
Furman University Division I · Southern Conference4815$2.3M97553%
East Tennessee State University Division I · Southern Conference4913$1.5M99087%
Lees-McRae College Division II · Conference Carolinas5415$288k—81%
University of South Carolina Upstate Division I · Big South Conference5416$1.2M98070%
Gardner-Webb University Division I · Big South Conference5713$1.2M98087%
Wofford College Division I · Southern Conference5812$1.6M97059%

Other women's basketball programs in the Big South Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
High Point University 3 over cap18$2.9M$160,343976vs
Longwood University room for 213$1.7M$133,503978vs
Winthrop University 2 over cap17$1.6M$91,556953vs
Radford University at cap15$1.4M$95,1221000vs
Presbyterian College room for 114$1.4M$101,039984vs
Charleston Southern University at cap15$1.3M$85,563960vs
University of South Carolina Upstate 1 over cap16$1.2M$77,985980vs
Gardner-Webb University room for 213$1.2M$92,996980vs
University of North Carolina Asheville at cap15$1.1M$75,7261000vs

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