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Division II · Pacific West Conference

Westmont College Women's Cross Country

Santa Barbara, CA · the Warriors · Westmont College overview
80%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Westmont College fields a women's cross country team in the Pacific West Conference (NCAA Division II). The school gave $1,086,307 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $6,137 per roster spot.

Among Division II women's cross country programs

Where this program sits against its 101 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budgets across the division

$8k$468k

Roster sizes

137

The program

  • Athletic aid, women's teams$1,086,307 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$6,137 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$20,949 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Russell Smelley head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Lindsey ConnollyCross Country / Track & Field Assistant Coach - Women's Distance, Team AdministratorOn file · sign in
Chris HanessianCross Country / Track & Field Assistant CoachOn 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 cross country players191,733 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots1,152 101 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 170 0.60% 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.
1,310undergraduates · 1,310 students in all
Women 61% Men 39%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Liberal arts college
Affiliation
Non-Denominational
80%admitted · of 2,244 applicants
SAT middle 50%1212 – 1418
ACT middle 50%30 – 34
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
70%

Women's Cross Country

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Athletic aid, women's teams
$1,086,307
Recruiting spend, women's
$20,949

No team figures on file for this program yet.

$36,412net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$71,150
Average net price$36,412
Net price by family income
$0–30k$24,220
$30–48k$22,301
$48–75k$24,081
$75–110k$30,116
$110k and up$39,455
Tuition & fees
$51,790

Campus safety

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0.25violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.25
Property1.78
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 0 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
16%of bachelor's degrees in business · 18 fields · Bachelor's
Business51 · 16%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation43 · 13%
Health professions & nursing37 · 11%
Psychology29 · 9%
Biological sciences26 · 8%

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Women's Cross Country programs within 150 miles

Westmont CollegeUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · 11 miCalifornia Lutheran University · 47 miPepperdine University · 62 miCalifornia State University, Northridge · 66 miCalifornia State University, Bakersfield · 70 miUniversity of California, Los Angeles · 74 miLoyola Marymount University · 79 miCalifornia Polytechnic State University · 81 miUniversity of Southern California · 84 miOccidental College · 86 miCalifornia State University, Los Angeles · 89 miCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills · 90 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of California, Santa Barbara Division I · Big West Conference1119$185k98928%
California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.4712$35k—89%
Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference62——100050%
California State University, Northridge Division I · Big West Conference66——100093%
California State University, Bakersfield Division I · Big West Conference70——99488%
University of California, Los Angeles Division I · Big Ten Conference74——9959%
Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference7913$526k97940%
California Polytechnic State University Division I · Big West Conference81——99330%
University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference84——100010%
Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.86———40%
California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association8912$138k—92%
California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association90———91%

Other women's cross country programs in the Pacific West Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Hawaii at Hilo6$104k$17,271—vs
Hawaii Pacific University9$88k$9,816—vs
Chaminade University8$70k$8,703—vs
Westmont College————vs
Biola University————vs
Concordia University Irvine————vs
Dominican University of California————vs
Jessup University————vs
Point Loma Nazarene University————vs
Vanguard University————vs

Every Pacific West Conference women's cross country program · Women's Cross Country budgets ranked