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Office of the Chancellor

MEMORANDUM

To: The Fort Wayne Senate

From: Michael A. Wartell, Chancellor

Subject: Athletics Report for 2006-07

Date: December 7, 2007

In response to SD 03-19, I am providing the enclosed report. The report generally follows the structure of the information request, with some adjustments to simplify the presentation of the information.

Some highlights from last year and this fall are shown below:

< IPFW student-athletes have achieved eight consecutive semesters of a 3.0 or higher GPA. In addition, the NCAA Committee on Academic Performance recognized the Men’s Cross Country, Men’s Tennis, and Women’s Volleyball teams for being in the top ten percent of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) last Spring. The APR measures term-by-term academic progress for all student-athletes receiving athletics aid as members of Division I sports teams. All of IPFW’s sixteen programs were above the NCAA benchmark for their team academic progress rate.

< The Women’s Tennis team was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team, and four Women’s Tennis players were named ITA Scholar-Athletes. Two members of the Men’s Tennis team also earned recognition as ITA Scholar-Athletes. This was the fifth consecutive ITA All-Academic Award for the Women’s Tennis program. Eleven IPFW Women’s Soccer student-athletes were recognized for academic excellence by the United Soccer Conference. Three were named to the United Soccer Conference All-Academic Team, and eight were placed on the United Soccer Conference Academic Honor Roll. Both the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Teams received Division I All-Academic Honors from the US Track and Field Coaches Association.

< Several other student-athletes representing IPFW were recognized for their academic success in the 2006-2007 school year. Among them were five Baseball Team members, four members of the Women’s Cross Country Team, three from the Women’s Basketball Team, two student-athletes on the Women’s Volleyball Team, and one athlete from the Men’s Basketball Team. All were named to the NCAA Division I Independent All-Academic Team in their respective sports last year. A student-athlete from the Men’s Volleyball Team received the 2007 ESPN The Magazine District V Academic All-America Team as selected by CoSIDA. The Women’s Golf Team had one member named as a National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar for the second year in a row.

< The Men’s Volleyball team led all teams in athletics accomplishments, earning Runner-up status in the NCAA Championship Finals last year. The outstanding performances of two Mastodons garnered them All-Tournament Team Honors. Coach Arnie Ball was named national Coach of the Year.

< IPFW athletics became a member of the Summit League on July 1, 2007.

< The Women’s Cross Country Team won the Summit League Championship title this fall, in a tie with Southern Utah University. The Mastodons had two First Team All-Summit League selections on the Women’s side. Coach Mike Fruchey was named Summit League Coach of the Year. The Men’s Cross Country team had one athlete who earned Second Team All-Summit League honors. Following their Conference Title, two Women’s Cross Country athletes were named to the 2007 Division I Women’s All-Region Cross Country Team for their exceptional performances at the Regional meet.

< The Women’s Volleyball Team placed second in the Summit League Championship this season and completed their fifth straight 20-win season. The Mastodons had two athletes named to the All-Tournament Team for their excellent performances. In their previous season, the team won their third Independent Championship in five years with two student-athletes earning All-Independent Tournament Team honors.

Athletics Information Report for 2007

Part I: Metrics

1. Athletics Aid as a part of IPFW Scholarships

From Financial Aid Report 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

University Scholarships $647,788 $713,062 $762,446

Athletics Grants $1,068,929 $1,292,956 $1,719,556

Institutional Fee Remissions $1,340,665 $1,978,455 $2,561,660

Private Awards $1,671,318 $1,815,529 $1,828,227

Total $4,728,700 $5,800,002 $6,871,889

Total Athletic Aid (EADA) $1,104,347 $1,332,806 $1,489,339

Athletic Award % 23.4% 23.0% 21.7%

2. Athletics Aid as a part of Chancellor’s Merit Awards

Institutional Research Report

Chancellor’s Merit Awards to Athletes $206,424 $240,329 $259,439

Chancellor’s Merit Awards - Total $755,117 $850,598 $906,039

Athletics Award % 27.3% 28.3% 28.6%

3. Fees per Credit Hour used for Athletics

IPFW Student Service Fee per Credit Hour $8.55 $9.05 $9.60

Athletics Portion of Fee per Credit Hour $5.13 $5.43 $5.76

4. Student Fee portion of Athletics budget

EADA Student Fee Income $1,186,708 $1,299,656 $1,476,053

EADA Total Expenses $4,124,249 $4,450,180 $4,987,256

Student Fee % of Budget 29% 29% 30%

5. Athletics coaching and support staff allocated to General Fund

Base Budget $344,879 $331,989 $335,878

6. Surplus or deficit in athletics budget

EADA Total Revenues $4,118,372 $4,486,480 $5,277,316

EADA Total Expenses $4,124,249 $4,450,180 $4,987,256

Net Revenue -$5,877* $36,300 $290,060

* Note: some revenue recorded in 2004 for 2005 expenses.

7. History of Major Infractions in the last ten years

No major infractions have been assessed by the NCAA.

8. Varsity Sports Sponsored and Win-Loss Record

-----04-05----- -----05-06----- ----06-07----

Men Women Men Women Men Women

Baseball 24-25 n.a. 21-28 n.a. 9-37 n.a.

Basketball 7-22 5-23 10-18 7-21 12-17 12-17

Cross-Country 18-107-0* 57-64-1* 29-70-0* 70-81-0* 37-102-0* 123-28-0*

Golf 15-93* 3-65* 17-81* 36-62* 26-94* 35-76-2*

Soccer 8-9-1 6-13-0 3-17-0 6-11-3 2-15-1 5-12-0

Softball n.a. 14-35 n.a. 14-35 n.a. 6-26

Tennis 8-19 11-22 11-16 17-13 7-18 13-11

Track and Field, Indoor n.a. 0-14# n.a. 0-15# n.a. 0-15#

Track and Field, Outdoor n.a. 0-14# n.a. 0-15# n.a. 0-15#

Volleyball 13-17 24-10 23-7 24-6 23-8 26-10

Total Sports Sponsored 7 9 7 9 7 9

* Scored by individual # combined record

9. Graduation Rates (Bachelor’s seeking, Bachelor’s grads only)

All Student-

IPEDS Graduation Rate Surveys Students Athletes

1994-95 Cohort 19% 34%

4-class average thru 1995 19% 30%

1995-96 Cohort 22% 32%

4-class average thru 1996 21% 29%

1996-97 Cohort 19% 41%

4-class average thru 1997 19% 32%

1997-98 Cohort 21% 61%

4-class average thru 1998 20% 39%

1998-99 Cohort 19% 24%

4-class average thru 1999 20% 38%

1999-2000 Cohort 18% 30%

4-class average thru 2000 19% 36%

2000-2001 Cohort 22% 41%

4-class average thru 2001 20% 36%

10. Overall Student-Athlete GPA Fall Spring

2003-04 2.95 3.07

2004-05 2.98 3.00

2005-06 3.01 3.05

2006-07 3.12 3.04

11. Attendance: -----2004-05---- ----2005-06---- ----2006-07----

Men’s Women’s Men’s Women’s Men’s Women’s

Basketball - Total 30,764 6,008 37,334 9,308 19,386 5,915

Basketball - Average 2,366 500 3,394 716 1,491 395

Volleyball - Total 10,359 4,140 20,592 5,238 19,057 6,338

Volleyball - Average 691 345 1,287 582 1,363 576

Note: Attendance records not kept for other sports.

12. EADA Gate Receipts 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Men’s Teams $65,626 $122,368 $100,067

Women’s Teams $3,631 $10,439 $6,176

13. EADA - Comparable Institution Data - all for 2006-07

IPFW IUPUI Oakland UMKC

FT UG Male Enrollment 3,132/45% 5,298/41% 3,748/38% 2,363/42%

FT UG Female Enrollment 3,835/55% 7,698/59% 6,137/62% 3,297/58%

Male Participants 117/54% 95/45% 190/51% 84/49%

Female Participants 98/46% 117/55% 182/49% 86/51%

Operating Expenses

Men’s Teams $520,744/57% $507,170/49% $725,460/50% $844,373/67%

Women’s Teams 400,442/43% 535,411/51% 718,613/50% 425,468/33%

Revenues

Men’s Teams $1,061,574/54% $155,150/77% $2,085,688/52% 1,890,460/51%

Women’s Teams 888,778/46% 46,934/33% 1,964,417/48% 1,804,127/49%

Total (incl.Unallocated) $4,658,106 $4,413,628 $8,089,757 $7,131,779

Total Expenses

Men’s Teams $1,722,619/51% 1,525,758/46% 2,543,249/48% 2,339,326/55%

Women’s Teams 1,677,424/49% 1,816,480/54% 2,766,255/52% 1,892,515/45%

Total (incl.Unallocated) $4,368,046 $4,362,212 $8,089,757 $7,131,779

Head Coaches (UMKC includes 1 coed team coach, counted in men’s team totals)

Men’s Teams 7/50% 6/43% 6/43% 6/50%

Women’s Teams 7/50% 8/57% 8/57% 6/50%

Assistant Coaches (UMKC includes 1 coed team coach, counted in men’s team totals)

Men’s Teams 12/52% 11/42% 19/50% 7/50%

Women’s Teams 11/48% 15/58% 19/50% 7/50%

IPFW IUPUI Oakland UMKC

Athletically-Related Student Aid (excl. UMKC co-ed)

Men’s Teams $631,882/42% $556,068/43% $957,923/43% $778,163/44%

Women’s Teams 857,457/58% 737,858/57% 1,295,233/57% 985,137/56%

Recruiting Expenses

Men’s Teams $37,057/54% $15,448/27% $69,436/56% $46,836/53%

Women’s Teams $31,546/46% 41,124/73% 53,729/44% 41,155/47%

Head Coaching Salaries (excl. UMKC co-ed)

Men’s Teams-Per Person $27,111[7] $51,456[6] $68,458[6] $54,508[5]

Men’s Teams-Per FTE $63,259[3.00] 102,912[3.00] 82,150[5.00] 71,721[3.80]

Women’s Teams-Per Person 24,405[7] 41,683[8] 45,572[8] 32,178[6]

Women’s Teams-Per FTE 42,709[4.00] 66,693[5.00] 58,332[6.25] 47,090[4.10]

Assistant Coaching Salaries (excl. UMKC co-ed)

Men’s Teams-Per Person $10,345[12] $12,122[11] $16,274[19] $26,786[7]

Men’s Teams-Per FTE 31,995[3.88] 66,671[2.00] 45,606[6.78] 39,226[4.78]

Women’s Teams-PerPers. 9,721[11] 11,047[15] 15,959[19] 22,900[7]

Women’s Teams-PerFTE 29,786[3.59] 82,853[2.00] 47,527[6.38] 33,536[4.78]

Part II. NCAA Financial Audit Report - Review of findings

2006-07 Audit (most recent available)

The audit found no exceptions to compliance with NCAA Financial Audit Guidelines.

The report also included the following statistics:

Total contributions designated for athletics $489,864

Total revenues $4,486,480

Total expenses $4,450,180

Net revenue $36,300

Part III. Athletics Certification Self-Study Report (2004, completed every 10 years)

- See Athletics Web site