2015-16 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS …

1 532015- 16 high school athletics participation SURVEYC onducted ByTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE high SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONSB ased on Competition at the high SCHOOL Level in the 2015-16 SCHOOL Year BOYS GIRLS COMBINEDS port (Number of states reporting Number of Number of Number of Number of Number offor boys/girls) Schools Participants Schools Participants ParticipantsADAPTED SPORTS (13/13) Basketball 78 617 69 483 1,100 Bocce Indoor 88 606 84 492 1,098 Bowling 133 913 131 762 1.

2 675 Corn Toss 8 32 14 53 85 Floor Hockey 62 244 62 170 414 Golf 1 24 1 1 25 Handball 14 178 14 53 231 Soccer 134 780 133 586 1,366 Softball 125 729 128 574 1,303 Strength Training 17 11 17 73 84 Tennis 70 370 72 429 799 Track 114 592 96 532 1,124 Volleyball 13 64 13 123 187 AIR RIFLERY (2/2)

3 41 540 43 471 1,011 ARCHERY (7/6) 346 4,556 336 4,112 8,668 BADMINTON (4/8) 232 4,684 477 12,961 17,645 BASEBALL (48/27) 15,956 488,815 254 1,290 490,105 BASKETBALL (51/51) 18,288 546,428 17,890 429,380 975,808 BOCCE OUTDOOR (1/1) 61 384 60 484 868 BOWLING (26/27) 2,683 29,588 2,708 25,881 55,469 CANOE PADDLING (1/2) 1 11 2 11 22 COMPETITIVE SPIRIT SQUAD (23/32) 993 3,322 5,432 125,531 128,853 CREW (7/7) 96 2,780 109 2,609 5,389 CROSS COUNTRY (51/51) 14,920 257,691 14,698 222,516 480,207 CYCLING (1/1) 3 10 3 9 19 DANCE (6/10)

4 103 135 1,301 24,201 24,336 DANCE/DRILL (4/6) 5 159 550 9,401 9,560 DECATHLON (5/4) 71 273 17 138 411 DRILL TEAM (3/6) 68 660 653 10,959 11,619 EQUESTRIAN (3/5) 67 165 226 1,395 1,560 FENCING (5/4) 101 2,196 102 1,934 4,130 FIELD HOCKEY (6/20) 7 173 1,763 59,793 59,966 FIGURE SKATING (1/1) 2 17 3 6 23 FLAG FOOTBALL (5/6) 69 1,226 359 10,867 12,093 FOOTBALL 11-PLAYER (51/34) 14,047 1,080,693 576 1,944 1,082,6376-player (5/2) 250 4,438 1 3 4,4418-player (17/12)

5 834 19,195 30 117 19,3129-player (4/2) 265 5,310 6 56 5,366 GOLF (50/49) 13,503 146,677 10,046 74,762 221,439 GYMNASTICS (11/27) 121 1,903 1,535 17,714 19,617 HEPTATHLON (0/3) 48 106 106 ICE HOCKEY (18/17) 1,607 35,155 642 9,514 44,669 JUDO (2/2) 54 795 55 606 1,401 KAYAKING (1/1) 12 87 8 111 198 LACROSSE (25/25) 2,752 109,522 2,572 88,050 197,572 MARTIAL ARTS (1/1) 6 58 11 86 144 MIXED 6-COED VOLLEYBALL (1/1) 86 313 86 747 1,060 MOUNTAIN BIKING (2/1)

6 46 572 34 198 770 NATIVE YOUTH OLYMPICS (1/0) 53 532016-17 NFHS Handbook_2007-08 NFHS 8/23/2017 10:49 AM Page 53 RIFLERY (10/10) 238 1,919 215 1,312 3,231 ROCK CLIMBING (1/1) 7 62 7 63 125 RODEO (3/3) 45 122 55 152 274 ROLLER HOCKEY (1/1) 23 331 9 30 361 RUGBY (3/2) 44 1,357 17 231 1,588 RYTHMIC GYMNASTICS (0/1)

7 1 5 5 SAILING (2/3) 30 200 27 184 384 SAND VOLLEYBALL (1/1) 23 371 64 1,042 1,413 SKIING ALPINE (13/13) 552 5,093 542 4,271 9,364 SKIING CROSS COUNTRY (13/13) 372 4,407 369 4,940 9,347 SNOWBOARDING (5/4) 45 425 42 194 619 SOCCER (51/51) 12,054 440,322 11,676 381,529 821,851 SOFT TENNIS (2/2) 17 147 17 223 370 SOFTBALL FAST PITCH (6/49) 71 1,468 15,304 366,685 368,153 SOFTBALL SLOW PITCH (2/5) 3 48 472 7,350 7,398 SQUASH (1/1) 4 27 3 9 36 SURFING (2/2) 68 1,253 62 493 1,746 SWIMMING & DIVING (48/48)

8 7,220 133,470 7,559 166,747 300,217 SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING (1/3) 3 35 31 612 647 TEAM TENNIS (7/7) 1,568 25,503 1,586 25,694 51,197 TENNIS (49/49) 9,723 157,201 10,122 183,800 341,001 TRACK AND FIELD INDOOR (21/21) 2,998 76,742 2,988 69,207 145,949 TRACK AND FIELD OUTDOOR (51/51) 16,547 591,133 16,508 485,969 1,077,102 TRAP SHOOTING (1/1) 19 271 20 144 415 ULTIMATE FRISBEE (1/1) 13 191 9 75 266 VOLLEYBALL (22/51) 2,333 55,417 15,755 436,309 491,726 WATER POLO (9/7) 826 21,857 827 20,230 42,087 WEIGHTLIFTING (11/10) 789 18,189 582 11,016 29,205 WRESTLING (51/39)

9 10,685 250,653 1,941 13,496 264,14954 BOYS GIRLS COMBINEDS port (Number of states reporting Number of Number of Number of Number of Number offor boys/girls) Schools Participants Schools Participants Participants2016-17 NFHS Handbook_2007-08 NFHS 8/23/2017 10:49 AM Page 5455 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE high SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS2015-16 ATHLETICS participation SUMMARYTEN MOST POPULAR BOYS PROGRAMS Schools Participants 1. Basketball 18,288 1.

10 Football 11-Player 1,080,693 2. Track and Field Outdoor 16,547 2. Track and Field Outdoor 591,133 3. Baseball 15,956 3. Basketball 546,428 4. Cross Country 14,920 4. Bas