Lake Superior State University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $160,247 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $175,632 |
How much does Lake Superior State University spend on women's tennis?
Lake Superior State University reported $175,632 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #493 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Lake Superior State University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Lake Superior State University's athletically related student aid averaged about $12,132 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Lake Superior State University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Lake Superior State University reported $19,519 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Lake Superior State University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Lake Superior State University reported $160,247 in total men's tennis expenses and $175,632 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Michigan earn NIL money?
Michigan's 2020 NIL law (HB 5217), effective December 31, 2022, allows college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.mhsaa.com/students/name-image-likeness.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Lake Superior State University women's tennis roster?
Lake Superior State University listed 6 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 33% below the NCAA Division II median of 9.
Lake Superior State University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 6 in 2020 and as high as 10 in 2022, and ended 2025 at 6.
A smaller squad usually means each recruit is closer to the lineup, and one injury or transfer changes the team's season more.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 |
How many coaches does Lake Superior State University women's tennis have?
Lake Superior State University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
More players per coach generally means practice time is shared more widely and an assistant or volunteer coach carries more of the day-to-day work.
What does Lake Superior State University spend on women's tennis?
Lake Superior State University reported $175,632 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $3,565 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622, by 36%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $264 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division II median of $120, by 119%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 42% between 2020 and 2025, from $123,297 to $175,632.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Lake Superior State University like academically?
Lake Superior State University is a small public college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree.
The full cost of attendance is around $27,154 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $12,822 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
51% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 79% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $49,045, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Lake Superior State University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Homeland Security & Law Enforcement, is 15% of degrees, with Liberal Arts & Sciences, Health Professions and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data; a recruit should ask the coach how practice and travel fit around a specific major’s lab or clinical hours.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (40 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (38 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (26 degrees)
- Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management (26 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (21 degrees)
- Chemistry (17 degrees)
- Biology, General (16 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (15 degrees)
- Fire Protection (14 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (14 degrees)
What is Sault Ste. Marie, MI like to live in?
Lake Superior State University sits in Sault Ste. Marie, a remote town of about 13,000 people in Chippewa County, Michigan.
The median household in Sault Ste. Marie earns about $55,031, which is below the Michigan median ($71,149) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $127,300, 41% below the Michigan median and a typical rent of $787 a month is 27% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 14 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 12% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.8 times the national share, and the median age of 35 is close to the country's 39.
24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Michigan average of 32%.
What other teams does Lake Superior State University field?
Lake Superior State University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Central Collegiate Hockey Association |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Sault Ste Marie, MI |
| Enrollment | 1,325 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Lake Superior State University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Lake Superior State University fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and reported 6 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Lake Superior State University women's tennis?
- Lake Superior State University competes in NCAA Division II in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Lake Superior State University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division II programs?
- With 6 players in 2025, Lake Superior State University is 33% below the NCAA Division II median of 9, based on 196 NCAA Division II programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Lake Superior State University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Lake Superior State University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $27,154 a year, and an average net price of $12,822 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Lake Superior State University?
- Lake Superior State University is in Sault Ste Marie, MI, in the Great Lakes region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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