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Division II · Pacific West Conference

Vanguard University Women's Basketball

Costa Mesa, CA · the Lions · Vanguard University overview
22
Roster
2024–25 season
$626k
Team budget
63rd percentile in Division II
$28,467
Per roster spot
median $35,547
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
65%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Vanguard University fields a women's basketball team in the Pacific West Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 22 players, above the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $626,295, about the median of $576k — $28,467 per roster spot, lower half of Division II women's basketball programs. The school gave $1,645,523 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $8,146 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$626k
Spend per player$28,467
Roster size22
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

  • Roster22 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$626,295 for the year
  • Operating expenses$118,688 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$28,467 division median $35,547
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$1,645,523 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$8,146 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$21,766 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Russ Davis 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.
1,987undergraduates · 2,219 students in all
Women 66% Men 34%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Assemblies of God Church
65%admitted · of 3,422 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
56%

Women's Basketball

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22on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$626,295 $28,468 per roster spot · upper half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$1,645,523
Recruiting spend, women's
$21,766
$20,273net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$57,550
Average net price$20,273
Net price by family income
$0–30k$14,906
$30–48k$14,528
$48–75k$17,411
$75–110k$19,543
$110k and up$27,190
Tuition & fees
$39,950

Campus safety

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1.04violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.04
Property0.89
In residence halls
2 burglaries · 7 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
18%of bachelor's degrees in business · 18 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Business88 · 18%
Psychology75 · 15%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation59 · 12%
Health professions & nursing54 · 11%
Education53 · 11%

Research Vanguard University

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Vanguard UniversityUniversity of California, Irvine · 4 miConcordia University Irvine · 5 miChapman University · 9 miLong Beach State University · 15 miCalifornia State University, Fullerton · 15 miBiola University · 18 miWhittier College · 23 miCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills · 25 miCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona · 28 miUniversity of La Verne · 31 miCalifornia State University, Los Angeles · 32 miPomona-Pitzer Colleges · 32 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of California, Irvine Division I · Big West Conference416$2.9M96226%
Concordia University Irvine Division II · Pacific West Conference514$616k—60%
Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.916$303k—56%
Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference1522$1.9M97747%
California State University, Fullerton Division I · Big West Conference1512$1.5M97187%
Biola University Division II · Pacific West Conference1814$744k—60%
Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.2312$141k—85%
California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association2517$617k—91%
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association2814$676k—74%
University of La Verne Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.3118$211k—48%
California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association3216$786k—92%
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.3215$146k—7%

Other women's basketball programs in the Pacific West Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Point Loma Nazarene University17$980k$57,655—vs
Biola University14$744k$53,157—vs
Westmont College14$637k$45,535—vs
Vanguard University22$626k$28,467—vs
Concordia University Irvine14$616k$44,015—vs
Dominican University of California14$591k$42,206—vs
University of Hawaii at Hilo12$521k$43,455—vs
Hawaii Pacific University13$466k$35,808—vs
Jessup University22$371k$16,857—vs
Chaminade University15$282k$18,804—vs

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