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Division I · Big 12 Conference

University of Utah Women's Soccer

Salt Lake City, UT · the Utes · Team site ↗ · University of Utah overview
26
Roster
room for 2 under the cap of 28
$2.3M
Team budget
84th percentile in Division I
$87,646
Per roster spot
median $37,254
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
988
APR
100% of players retained
87%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

University of Utah fields a women's soccer team in the Big 12 Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 26 players, below the median of 31, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $2,278,819, well above the median of $1.2M — $87,646 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I women's soccer programs. That leaves room for 2 under the Division I roster cap of 28 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 988, about the median of 993, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $6,785,141 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $27,359 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's soccer programs

Where this program sits against its 346 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$2.3M
Spend per player$87,646
Roster size26
Coaching staff4
APR988

Team budgets across the division

$316k$4.5M
this programevery Division I women's soccer program

Roster sizes (cap 28)

1357
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster26 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap28 room for 2
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$2,278,819 for the year
  • Operating expenses$393,487 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$87,646 division median $37,254
  • Academic Progress Rate988 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible97% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$6,785,141 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$27,359 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$629,351 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Hideki Nakada head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Jackie PoortingaAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Sam GomezAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Emma GreenwoodAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Joe JacksonDirector of OperationsOn file · sign in
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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 soccer players393,048 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots10,870 346 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 36 2.8% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's soccer 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.
26,827undergraduates · 35,260 students in all
Women 49% Men 51%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
87%admitted · of 22,996 applicants
SAT middle 50%1180 – 1398
ACT middle 50%22 – 29
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
64%

Women's Soccer

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26on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 2826
room for 2
Academic Progress Rate988
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$2,278,819 $87,647 per roster spot · top quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$6,785,141
Recruiting spend, women's
$629,351
$13,341net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$30,613
Sticker, out-of-state$51,135
Average net price$13,341
Net price by family income
$0–30k$10,447
$30–48k$10,667
$48–75k$12,398
$75–110k$16,886
$110k and up$17,278
Tuition & fees
$9,315 in-state · $29,837 out

Campus safety

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4.86violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent4.86
Property1.17
In residence halls
31 burglaries · 322 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
2 over 2022–2024
14%of bachelor's degrees in business · 25 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business810 · 14%
Social sciences721 · 13%
Biological sciences577 · 10%
Computer & information sciences532 · 9%
Psychology491 · 9%

Research University of Utah

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 Soccer programs within 150 miles

University of UtahWestminster University (Utah) · 2 miWeber State University · 30 miUtah Valley University · 34 miBrigham Young University · 37 miUtah State University · 68 miIdaho State University · 148 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Westminster University (Utah) Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference235$370k—69%
Weber State University Division I · Big Sky Conference3029$918k995—
Utah Valley University Division I · Big West Conference3434$1.3M1000—
Brigham Young University Division I · Big 12 Conference3731$4.4M97669%
Utah State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference6833$3.4M99294%
Idaho State University Division I · Big Sky Conference14829$1.1M987—

Other women's soccer programs in the Big 12 Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Brigham Young University 3 over cap31$4.4M$141,233976vs
Baylor University 5 over cap33$3.4M$102,982997vs
Texas Christian University 10 over cap38$3.4M$89,2061000vs
Texas Tech University 1 over cap29$3.1M$108,375989vs
University of Kansas 2 over cap30$2.9M$96,534981vs
Arizona State University 3 over cap31$2.6M$82,2631000vs
University of Colorado Boulder at cap28$2.5M$89,885997vs
University of Arizona 6 over cap34$2.3M$68,811993vs
University of Utah room for 226$2.3M$87,646988vs
Oklahoma State University 2 over cap30$1.9M$64,261986vs
Iowa State University 8 over cap36$1.9M$52,859995vs
University of Central Florida 2 over cap30$1.9M$63,3571000vs
Kansas State University 7 over cap35$1.8M$50,139997vs
University of Cincinnati 4 over cap32$1.7M$51,9711000vs
West Virginia University 4 over cap32$1.5M$46,266994vs
University of Houston 4 over cap32$1.4M$43,920986vs

Every Big 12 Conference women's soccer program · Women's Soccer budgets ranked