Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY · private, nonprofit · 1,585 undergraduates
Lindsey Wilson College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Lindsey Wilson College listed 14 players on the men's tennis roster, 27% above the NAIA median of 11, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NAIA median of 9. Lindsey Wilson College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,782 per male athlete and $10,393 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,685 per men's player, 54% above the NAIA median of $1,746, and $2,989 per women's player, 57% above the NAIA median of $1,900.
Lindsey Wilson College, in Columbia, KY, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Mid-South Conference.
Lindsey Wilson College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 11 players in 2020 to 14 in 2025. Lindsey Wilson College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, in line with the Mid-South Conference median of 7.5.
Lindsey Wilson College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 12 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 10. Lindsey Wilson College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 20% below the Mid-South Conference median of 6.3.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Lindsey Wilson College fund its athletes?
Lindsey Wilson College reported 779 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 504 men and 275 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,779,972 across all sports ($3,921,888 for men's sports, $2,858,084 for women's); tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $39,085 for men's sports and $36,378 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $78 and $132 per athlete.
What is Lindsey Wilson College like academically?
Lindsey Wilson College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees.
The full cost of attendance is around $40,879 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $15,070 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 63% of the sticker price on average.
52% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
44% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 63% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $41,129, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Lindsey Wilson College?
Public Administration & Social Service is the largest field at 31% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (17%) and Psychology (9%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Human Services, General (170 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (53 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (27 degrees)
- Psychology, General (26 degrees)
- Biology, General (19 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (18 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (18 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (15 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (14 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (12 degrees)
What is Columbia, KY like to live in?
Lindsey Wilson College sits in Columbia, a remote town of about 4,842 people in Adair County, Kentucky.
Household incomes in Columbia, a median of about $45,221, sit far below the Kentucky median and likewise far below the national one, 42% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $123,500, 36% below the Kentucky median and a typical rent of $756 a month is 19% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 17% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 18% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.8 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Kentucky average of 27%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Lindsey Wilson College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Lindsey Wilson College fields men's tennis (NAIA, Mid-South Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Mid-South Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Lindsey Wilson College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Lindsey Wilson College listed 14 players on the men's tennis roster, 27% above the NAIA median of 11, and 10 on the women's, 11% above the NAIA median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Lindsey Wilson College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Lindsey Wilson College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $7,782 per male athlete and $10,393 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Lindsey Wilson College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,685 per men's player, 54% above the NAIA median of $1,746, and $2,989 per women's player, 57% above the NAIA median of $1,900. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Lindsey Wilson College?
- Lindsey Wilson College is in Columbia, KY, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Lindsey Wilson College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $40,879 a year, and an average net price of $15,070 after grants and scholarships.