43%: Student-athletes at the U who are female.
51.5%: Student-athlete population counted as female "participants," including male players who practice with women.
(Minnesota reported 501 total female participants in 2013, the most recent report available.)
The gap between the two is the largest in the Big Ten by a wide margin.
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