UCCS Athletics: How scholarships are dispersed between sports

Funding the scholarship program of UCCS to the maximum level allowed by NCAA Division II guidelines would require an additional annual investment of $750,000. This would enable the school to fully fund the 74 scholarships that are allowed. As of the 2009-10 year, UCCS has provided an equivalent total of 44 scholarships, which marks just below 60 percent of the school's maximum scholarships allowed.

The following breaks down exactly how much revenue (if applicable) and scholarships were available to athletes on each perspective team.

*Equivalent is a calculation based on the total amount of scholarship money available which equals the amount of in-state scholarships available to x number of athletes.

*Scholarship funding is based on the 2009-10 year.

Men's Basketball

The men finished the 2009-10 season with an overall record of 11-16 and 9-10 in the RMAC. UCCS won enough games at the end of the season to clinch a playoff berth but lost in the first round to Metro State. The men rank 6 of 13 in the RMAC equivalency for basketball. 

Number of postseason appearances (since 2003): 2

Revenue for 2008-09 fiscal year: $2,000.00

Scholarship money available: $104,400  *Equivalent: 6.79 

Number of players on team: 13

Women's Basketball

Despite having a difficult season that ended with a 6-21 finish (2-17 RMAC), the lady Mountain Lions nearly broke the women's single game scoring record by accumulating 101 points against Nebraska-Kearney on Feb. 12. The women rank 6 of 13 in the RMAC equivalency for basketball.

Number of postseason appearances (since 2003): 1

Revenue for 2008-09 fiscal year: $2,000

Scholarship money available: $108,504 *Equivalent: 7.05

Number of players on team: 13

Women's Volleyball

The lady Mountain Lions set the school record for most consecutive wins in a season with nine and dominated competition in the RMAC throughout the season despite being knocked out in the first round of postseason play. The ladies rank 9 of 13 in RMAC equivalency for volleyball.  

Number of postseason appearances (since 2003): 5

Revenue for 2008-09 fiscal year: $1,000

Scholarship money available: 81,938  *Equivalent: 5.33

Number of players on team: 11

      (Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Indoor Track, and Men's and Women's Outdoor Track, for a total of six teams, receive $146,409 together, not each. This was noted in an asterisk in the print version but may have been unclear to the casual reader.)

Men's Cross Country

The men's team had a successful season as they won the Tom Strandt Memorial and took fifth in the UCCS Rust Buster Invitational in 2009. The men rank 6 out of 13 in RMAC equivalency for cross country.

Best postseason finish (since 2003): 8th of 20

Revenue for 2008-09 fiscal year: N/A

Scholarship money available: **$146,409 **Equivalent: 9.52

Number athletes on team: 12

Women's Cross County:

The women's team shared a similar fate as the men as they took second in the Tom Strandt Memorial and fourth in the UCCS Rust Buster Invitational. The women rank 6 of 13 in RMAC equivalency for cross country.