2011-12 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY Conducted By THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS Based on Competition at the High School Level in the 2011-12 School Year BOYS GIRLS COMBINED Sport (Number of states reporting Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of for boys/girls) Schools Participants Schools Participants Participants ADAPTED SPORTS Basketball 35 280 33 215 495 Bowling 113 851 111 632 1,483 Floor Hockey 61 276 61 188 464 Soccer 96 594 96 418 1,012 Softball 119 648 121 687 1,335 Track 69 525 69 463 988 AIR RIFLERY 46 561 46 433 994 ARCHERY 59 812 60 677 1,489 BADMINTON 213 4,573 447 12,150 16,723 BASEBALL 15,838 474,219 70 998 475,217 BASKETBALL 18,099 535,289 17,768 435,885 971,174 BOWLING 2,467 27,441 2,451 25,348 52,789 CANOE PADDLING, OUTRIGGER 59 1,276 60 1,410 2,686 COMPETITIVE SPIRIT SQUADS 795 3,032 4,916 108,307 111,339 CREW 124 2,464 228 6,261 8,725 CROSS COUNTRY 14,155 248,494 13,970 212,262 460,756 DANCE/DRILL 439 402 1,434 24,348 24,750 DRILL TEAM 47 547 266 4,434 4,981 EQUESTRIAN 58 188 213 1,430 1,618 FENCING 94 1,925 99 1,771 3,696 FIELD HOCKEY 9 297 1,788 60,607 60,904 FLAG FOOTBALL 13 251 207 6,260 6,511 FOOTBALL - 11-Player 14,241 1,095,993 421 1,604 1,097,597 6-player 218 4,427 10 1 4,428 8-player 696 16,326 20 200 16,526 9-player 234 4,998 0 0 4,998 GOLF 13,624 152,725 9,667 71,086 223,811 GYMNASTICS 109 2,353 1,495 19,119 21,472 ICE HOCKEY 1,596 35,732 600 8,833 44,565 JUDO 49 739 46 409 1,148 LACROSSE 2,338 100,641 2,118 74,993 175,634 RIFLERY 217 2,000 184 985 2,985 RODEO 44 110 50 118 228 SKIING - ALPINE 552 5,806 539 4,657 10,463 SKIING - CROSS COUNTRY 326 4,266 330 4,657 8,923 SNOWBOARDING 54 711 46 310 1,021 SOCCER 11,600 411,757 11,127 370,975 782,732 SOFTBALL - FAST PITCH 74 1,376 14,142 367,023 368,399 SOFTBALL - SLOW PITCH 7 24 516 13,406 13,430 SWIMMING AND DIVING 7,001 133,823 7,221 160,456 294,279 SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING 4 60 31 575 635 TEAM TENNIS 1,857 36,160 1,894 37,223 73,383 TENNIS 9,841 159,800 10,058 180,870 340,670 TRACK AND FIELD - INDOOR 2,644 69,360 2,588 59,990 129,350 TRACK AND FIELD - OUTDOOR 16,218 575,628 16,143 468,747 1,044,375 VOLLEYBALL 2,180 49,467 15,569 418,903 468,370 WATER POLO 783 20,721 785 18,749 39,470 WEIGHTLIFTING 748 19,592 470 8,479 28,071 WRESTLING 10,407 272,149 1,441 8,235 280,384 OTHER 270 3,298 216 1,746 5,044
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS 2011-12 ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SUMMARY TEN MOST POPULAR BOYS PROGRAMS Schools Participants 1. Basketball 18,099 1. Football 11-Player 1,095,993 2. Track and Field Outdoor 16,218 2. Track and Field Outdoor 575,628 3. Baseball 15,838 3. Basketball 535,289 4. Football 11-Player 14,241 4. Baseball 474,219 5. Cross Country 14,155 5. Soccer 411,757 6. Golf 13,624 6. Wrestling 272,149 7. Soccer 11,600 7. Cross Country 248,494 8. Wrestling 10,407 8. Tennis 159,800 9. Tennis 9,841 9. Golf 152,725 10. Swimming and Diving 7,001 10. Swimming and Diving 133,823 TEN MOST POPULAR GIRLS PROGRAMS Schools Participants 1. Basketball 17,768 1. Track and Field Outdoor 468,747 2. Track and Field Outdoor 16,143 2. Basketball 435,885 3. Volleyball 15,569 3. Volleyball 418,903 4. Softball Fast Pitch 14,142 4. Soccer 370,975 5. Cross Country 13,970 5. Softball - Fast Pitch 367,023 6. Soccer 11,127 6. Cross Country 212,262 7. Tennis 10,058 7. Tennis 180,870 8. Golf 9,667 8. Swimming and Diving 160,456 9. Swimming and Diving 7,221 9. Competitive Spirit Squads 108,307 10. Competitive Spirit Squads 4,916 10. Lacrosse 74,993 ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY TOTALS Boys Girls Year Participants Participants Total 1971-72 3,666,917 294,015 3,960,932 1972-73 3,770,621 817,073 4,587,694 1973-74 4,070,125 1,300,169 5,370,294 1975-76 4,109,021 1,645,039 5,754,060 1977-78 4,367,442 2,083,040 6,450,482 1978-79 3,709,512 1,854,400 5,563,912 1979-80 3,517,829 1,750,264 5,268,093 1980-81 3,503,124 1,853,789 5,356,913 1981-82 3,409,081 1,810,671 5,219,752 1982-83 3,355,558 1,779,972 5,135,530 1983-84 3,303,599 1,747,346 5,050,945 1984-85 3,354,284 1,757,884 5,112,168 1985-86 3,344,275 1,807,121 5,151,396 1986-87 3,364,082 1,836,356 5,200,438 1987-88 3,425,777 1,849,684 5,275,461 1988-89 3,416,844 1,839,352 5,256,196 1989-90 3,398,192 1,858,659 5,256,851 1990-91 3,406,355 1,892,316 5,298,671 1991-92 3,429,853 1,940,801 5,370,654 1992-93 3,416,389 1,997,489 5,413,878 Boys Girls Year Participants Participants Total 1993-94 3,472,967 2,130,315 5,603,282 1994-95 3,536,359 2,240,461 5,776,820 1995-96 3,634,052 2,367,936 6,001,988 1996-97 3,706,225 2,474,043 6,180,268 1997-98 3,763,120 2,570,333 6,333,453 1998-99 3,832,352 2,652,726 6,485,078 1999-00 3,861,749 2,675,874 6,537,623 2000-01 3,921,069 2,784,154 6,705,223 2001-02 3,960,517 2,806,998 6,767,515 2002-03 3,988,738 2,856,358 6,845,096 2003-04 4,038,253 2,865,299 6,903,552 2004-05 4,110,319 2,908,390 7,018,709 2005-06 4,206,549 2,953,355 7,159,904 2006-07 4,321,103 3,021,807 7,342,910 2007-08 4,372,115 3,057,266 7,429,381 2008-09 4,422,662 3,114,091 7,536,753 2009-10 4,455,740 3,172,637 7,628,377 2010-11 4,494,406 3,173,549 7,667,955 2011-12 4,484,987 3,207,533 7,692,520
2011-12 SUMMARY OF ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION TOTALS BY STATE Rank State Boys Girls Total 1 1. Texas 490,816 317,990 808,806 2. California 456,633 325,279 781,912 3. New York 215,447 174,028 389,475 4. Illinois 205,218 141,678 346,896 5. Ohio 197,420 135,929 333,349 6. Pennsylvania 170,608 147,261 317,869 7. Michigan 176,734 131,346 308,080 8. New Jersey 153,314 105,905 259,219 9. Florida 149,994 107,288 257,282 10. Minnesota 124,657 113,706 238,363 11. Massachusetts 123,567 95,365 218,932 12. North Carolina 124,168 81,113 205,281 13. Georgia 115,918 76,011 191,929 14. Wisconsin 112,754 78,938 191,692 15. Virginia 100,968 72,885 173,853 16. Missouri 102,760 68,803 171,563 17. Washington 93,840 71,018 164,858 18. Indiana 90,380 61,333 151,713 19. Iowa 84,479 57,314 141,793 20. Colorado 72,218 56,812 129,030 21. Maryland 67,422 49,235 116,657 22. Arizona 61,767 49,925 111,692 23. Connecticut 61,593 48,457 110,050 24. Tennessee 69,798 38,650 108,448 25. Kansas 62,128 40,240 102,368 26. Louisiana 61,336 39,564 100,900 Rank State Boys Girls Total 1 27. Mississippi 63,886 37,000 100,886 28. Oregon 56,218 42,372 98,590 29. Kentucky 52,931 42,515 95,446 30. South Carolina 60,112 34,193 94,305 31. Alabama 60,360 29,400 89,760 32. Oklahoma 44,284 42,664 86,948 33. Nebraska 45,751 31,258 77,009 34. Arkansas 35,967 21,556 57,523 35. Utah 33,625 23,304 56,929 36. Maine 29,028 23,964 52,992 37. Idaho 25,945 19,006 44,951 38. New Hampshire 23,751 20,761 44,512 39. New Mexico 24,276 19,526 43,802 40. Nevada 26,153 16,225 42,378 41. Hawaii 21,096 15,226 36,322 42. West Virginia 21,137 14,895 36,032 43. Montana 18,468 14,029 32,497 44. Rhode Island 16,449 12,126 28,575 45. South Dakota 16,192 12,250 28,442 46. Delaware 15,322 11,769 27,091 47. North Dakota 14,853 10,646 25,499 48. Alaska 12,042 10,313 22,355 49. Wyoming 10,681 8,236 18,917 50. Vermont 8,345 6,964 15,309 51. District of Columbia 2,178 1,262 3,440 1 Reflects participation rate, i.e., individual who participated in two sports is counted twice, three sports three times, etc.
BOYS PARTICIPATION Competitive Baseball Basketball Bowling Spirit Squads Alabama 379 8,717 407 11,630 Alaska 34 742 150 2,163 8 61 12 48 Arizona 221 7,855 245 7,854 70 354 Arkansas 226 4,746 289 5,491 55 606 27 74 California 1,255 43,209 1,393 44,040 12 282 80 275 Colorado 276 8,276 334 8,936 308 Connecticut 173 5,892 179 5,339 188 Delaware 48 1,422 50 1,399 5 District of Columbia 13 227 15 356 Florida 616 15,827 674 15,761 161 1,219 239 Georgia 413 12,572 429 12,262 43 126 Hawaii 54 1,756 65 1,840 56 529 13 28 Idaho 91 2,275 150 3,915 27 87 Illinois 665 24,063 732 24,437 170 2,774 Indiana 384 10,933 401 11,439 Iowa 354 10,696 373 11,272 92 1,619 Kansas 225 5,936 350 9,103 69 945 Kentucky 259 7,421 271 6,843 68 732 174 Louisiana 336 8,589 370 7,907 68 529 Maine 126 3,337 138 3,727 6 39 15 21 Maryland 194 5,565 196 5,618 4 30 Massachusetts 350 12,932 360 12,213 Michigan 645 18,000 742 21,966 336 3,630 Minnesota 426 13,215 467 13,481 Mississippi 248 7,214 262 8,541 51 410 30 153 Missouri 587 14,627 570 14,148 Montana 175 3,605 Nebraska 71 2,209 304 7,579 Nevada 91 2,496 104 2,980 33 295 New Hampshire 86 2,536 87 2,551 104 18 New Jersey 388 15,489 397 12,871 225 2,410 New Mexico 105 2,710 156 3,820 25 149 156 116 New York 723 20,773 759 20,514 383 4,569 72 North Carolina 384 12,480 391 10,596 North Dakota 103 1,461 165 2,928 Ohio 796 21,485 810 22,263 358 3,825 20 256 Oklahoma 427 8,540 481 7,215 200 87 Oregon 225 5,888 279 7,408 223 Pennsylvania 676 21,632 736 22,080 141 1,410 Rhode Island 47 1,580 47 1,392 5 South Carolina 201 6,435 206 6,631 South Dakota 171 3,561 Tennessee 358 8,792 373 8,719 144 1,257 Texas 1,201 45,959 1,303 72,539 Utah 116 3,196 130 3,455 Vermont 37 978 37 1,030 2 17 4 5 Virginia 309 9,165 312 9,476 65 123 Washington 335 9,535 385 11,132 West Virginia 120 2,774 125 3,022 2 2 Wisconsin 441 12,062 484 14,483 Wyoming 70 1,758 31 45
Football Cross Country 11-player Golf Gymnastics Alabama 184 1,288 387 22,715 210 1,104 Alaska 111 1,118 34 2,063 1 1 Arizona 192 3,306 192 12,237 182 1,668 Arkansas 102 1,161 208 11,440 229 1,374 California 1,171 29,162 1,055 104,334 970 11,035 9 62 Colorado 231 4,062 218 15,595 209 2,281 Connecticut 171 3,846 146 10,602 156 1,843 Delaware 45 893 46 3,028 43 393 District of Columbia 11 94 12 727 6 60 Florida 551 6,966 554 41,127 513 4,004 Georgia 392 7,295 405 32,726 384 3,294 Hawaii 73 1,192 48 4,875 58 457 Idaho 102 1,605 106 7,217 84 930 Illinois 500 11,006 548 47,445 514 8,153 48 1,715 Indiana 379 4,999 315 22,050 375 4,204 Iowa 316 5,283 291 19,519 357 5,707 Kansas 236 3,684 241 14,246 225 2,983 Kentucky 232 2,933 222 14,042 235 2,301 Louisiana 267 2,308 293 20,293 208 1,262 24 43 Maine 100 1,289 81 3,721 105 1,158 1 1 Maryland 184 3,745 185 14,912 161 1,470 Massachusetts 320 6,566 326 19,865 289 4,343 10 333 Michigan 605 8,694 648 42,743 543 7,021 Minnesota 339 6,878 308 23,816 381 5,879 Mississippi 155 2,625 242 22,306 156 1,898 Missouri 354 5,323 354 23,178 335 4,261 Montana 101 1,031 84 4,691 102 1,042 Nebraska 208 2,614 167 10,041 238 2,571 Nevada 77 1,023 74 7,059 78 788 New Hampshire 73 1,216 57 3,530 69 826 8 New Jersey 364 9,595 345 25,592 300 3,303 New Mexico 114 1,115 100 6,764 87 593 New York 567 10,261 572 35,552 572 7,855 7 89 North Carolina 364 8,729 374 35,338 363 3,316 North Dakota 66 567 97 3,201 127 991 Ohio 745 10,425 719 46,463 734 8,468 8 98 Oklahoma 275 2,750 269 11,298 247 1,306 Oregon 203 3,276 193 13,243 167 1,681 Pennsylvania 562 11,240 586 26,370 541 5,410 Rhode Island 44 937 43 2,953 40 457 South Carolina 152 3,150 198 18,854 158 1,787 South Dakota 126 897 69 3,606 135 1,079 Tennessee 291 4,069 345 22,994 318 2,678 Texas 1,268 24,965 1,118 167,477 1,203 12,986 Utah 125 2,503 101 8,212 118 1,435 Vermont 28 441 23 1,172 28 233 1 3 Virginia 292 6,007 306 25,476 290 2,856 Washington 265 6,747 339 22,090 268 3,465 West Virginia 91 896 116 6,089 108 1,029 Wisconsin 389 6,228 427 28,426 369 6,933 Wyoming 42 491 54 2,680 36 554
Skiing Ice Hockey Lacrosse Riflery Cross Country Alabama Alaska 27 592 15 175 25 452 Arizona Arkansas 7 77 California 18 241 198 8,578 4 22 Colorado 29 740 64 3,938 14 97 Connecticut 62 1,584 83 4,467 Delaware 42 1,661 District of Columbia Florida 147 5,181 Georgia 74 3,259 114 838 Hawaii Idaho Illinois 63 893 Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 10 358 Louisiana Maine 59 1,208 44 1,691 4 33 44 384 Maryland 1 19 149 6,622 Massachusetts 294 7,223 208 9,374 20 289 Michigan 252 3,804 123 5,018 7 84 5 41 Minnesota 274 5,589 71 3,021 111 1,795 Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire 42 1,065 46 2,004 30 270 New Jersey 130 4,222 175 8,874 15 195 New Mexico New York 150 3,238 328 16,169 19 276 35 395 North Carolina 98 2,940 North Dakota 31 621 Ohio 86 1,756 84 3,903 3 37 Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania 175 5,600 48 480 Rhode Island 34 853 27 1,002 South Carolina 28 1,150 South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont 17 295 20 891 16 214 Virginia 81 4,047 Washington West Virginia Wisconsin 90 2,682 Wyoming 7 112
Skiing Swimming Alpine Soccer and Diving Tennis Alabama 159 3,972 56 316 164 1,702 Alaska 36 995 36 429 17 258 Arizona 184 6,810 124 2,539 155 2,176 Arkansas 77 2,075 30 334 131 1,179 California 28 256 1,254 47,801 861 22,348 955 19,380 Colorado 14 133 192 7,265 134 2,099 140 3,002 Connecticut 172 7,104 101 2,456 135 2,476 Delaware 49 1,908 36 602 33 477 District of Columbia 7 158 7 143 3 19 7 33 Florida 557 15,169 434 6,333 488 4,431 Georgia 360 10,731 228 3,252 Hawaii 53 1,510 60 462 63 669 Idaho 68 1,933 54 1,018 Illinois 432 19,464 250 6,484 300 7,712 Indiana 292 8,528 231 3,648 301 4,513 Iowa 148 5,850 48 1,401 110 2,415 Kansas 106 4,134 60 1,409 123 2,407 Kentucky 190 6,066 126 1,357 209 2,434 Louisiana 154 4,513 132 1,085 166 1,493 Maine 41 385 134 4,743 49 634 Maryland 177 6,251 112 1,904 179 2,278 Massachusetts 74 1,053 351 13,518 189 2,830 263 3,768 Michigan 97 861 482 14,324 258 5,314 322 6,807 Minnesota 114 981 241 8,830 148 3,811 192 5,018 Mississippi 125 3,754 48 1,493 164 2,011 Missouri 230 8,193 96 1,828 182 3,707 Montana 30 851 19 171 38 780 Nebraska 71 2,536 55 749 59 987 Nevada 18 294 66 2,167 58 896 56 790 New Hampshire 53 593 85 3,073 45 448 New Jersey 380 18,240 243 5,424 319 5,604 New Mexico 71 2,070 46 566 67 571 New York 85 873 696 23,669 298 6,833 502 10,036 North Carolina 361 13,423 289 3,806 333 4,352 North Dakota 15 568 17 288 18 266 Ohio 1 10 588 14,985 417 5,610 439 5,774 Oklahoma 117 2,850 43 420 114 774 Oregon 177 5,685 114 1,930 117 2,208 Pennsylvania 584 20,440 323 9,690 402 4,824 Rhode Island 46 1,641 22 400 39 748 South Carolina 164 5,466 77 1,184 136 1,648 South Dakota 20 325 Tennessee 280 7,179 262 2,571 Texas 582 34,482 495 8,625 1,196 19,210 Utah 100 3,209 80 1,718 90 1,658 Vermont 14 142 37 1,346 2 11 15 203 Virginia 281 9,896 188 3,543 250 3,081 Washington 278 10,337 140 3,569 230 5,352 West Virginia 74 1,848 45 434 78 744 Wisconsin 263 9,318 112 2,672 192 5,612 Wyoming 6 67 24 894 23 449 16 318
Track and Field Track and Field Indoor Outdoor Volleyball Wrestling Alabama 315 6,723 94 2,114 Alaska 55 1,208 50 4 96 1,436 Arizona 218 8,462 63 1,551 186 5,753 Arkansas 50 745 256 4,864 42 1,092 California 1,147 54,274 662 15,887 843 27,596 Colorado 309 9,164 235 5,322 Connecticut 154 4,884 168 7,089 39 862 129 2,961 Delaware 35 835 41 1,368 6 130 46 1,126 District of Columbia 12 139 12 181 Florida 570 16,106 139 2,107 376 8,793 Georgia 415 12,799 1 1 338 9,041 Hawaii 62 2,046 64 1,319 56 1,316 Idaho 139 4,028 99 2,332 Illinois 604 25,429 178 6,360 438 17,112 Indiana 390 12,451 320 7,615 Iowa 359 12,107 295 7,044 Kansas 349 9,722 206 5,283 Kentucky 239 6,091 92 1,926 Louisiana 218 1,607 348 9,020 88 1,834 Maine 65 1,456 101 2,684 9 108 63 829 Maryland 174 4,856 190 6,825 43 610 89 5,030 Massachusetts 247 9,304 313 13,082 101 2,211 215 4,633 Michigan 33 293 671 23,253 470 10,904 Minnesota 432 16,120 343 8,137 Mississippi 17 1,148 237 8,039 2 22 Missouri 489 14,111 40 1,158 231 7,345 Montana 173 3,493 91 1,540 Nebraska 305 8,761 247 4,419 Nevada 93 3,375 32 995 79 2,637 New Hampshire 59 1,337 76 2,372 14 249 39 735 New Jersey 294 10,352 362 17,763 101 2,440 315 9,781 New Mexico 151 4,117 60 1,432 New York 411 12,384 653 23,169 183 4,092 497 13,668 North Carolina 240 5,398 379 14,320 331 9,470 North Dakota 144 2,157 81 894 Ohio 168 2,550 795 24,520 110 2,665 606 11,581 Oklahoma 369 4,368 146 3,080 Oregon 263 8,737 192 5,073 Pennsylvania 183 2,745 621 24,840 199 3,582 496 9,920 Rhode Island 38 1,532 40 1,423 27 544 34 982 South Carolina 199 8,569 136 5,238 South Dakota 169 3,424 99 1,311 Tennessee 273 7,203 169 4,336 Texas 1,336 76,196 270 10,582 Utah 123 4,880 105 3,359 Vermont 14 209 29 666 2 17 13 166 Virginia 211 7,062 298 11,073 67 1,210 261 6,934 Washington 326 13,091 267 8,377 West Virginia 112 2,689 91 1,610 Wisconsin 429 15,574 50 1,365 335 7,399 Wyoming 21 524 71 1,602 55 1,029
SPORT State Sch. Particip. SPORT State Sch. Particip. Adapted Basketball Georgia 17 114 Maryland 18 166 Adapted Bowling California 2 18 Maryland 69 552 Minnesota 37 226 Ohio 4 47 Vermont 1 8 Adapted Soccer California 4 103 Maryland 23 100 Minnesota 65 237 Ohio 4 154 Adapted Softball California 1 53 Maryland 50 297 Minnesota 64 290 Ohio 4 8 Adapted Track Florida 2 Georgia 17 125 Kentucky 1 2 Maryland 51 396 Badminton California 176 3,909 Maryland 16 169 New York 20 445 Ohio 1 50 Canoe Paddling Hawaii 59 1,276 Crew California 57 459 Delaware 3 75 District of Columbia1 41 Maine 2 17 Michigan 21 559 Ohio 11 288 Vermont 1 6 Virginia 28 1,019 Decathlon Alabama 28 79 Arkansas 11 21 California 19 128 Maine 2 11 Ohio 1 14 Vermont 2 8 Equestrian California 17 52 Maine 1 2 Michigan 39 133 Vermont 1 1 Fencing California 17 169 Maine 1 17 Michigan 4 18 New Jersey 42 1,159 New York 24 515 Ohio 6 47 Field Hockey California 2 67 Maryland 1 Massachusetts 30 Ohio 3 72 Vermont 4 127 Football - 6-player Arkansas 2 136 Colorado 25 358 Montana 38 406 New Mexico 10 81 Ohio 2 82 Texas 131 3,206 Wyoming 10 158 Football - 8-player Alaska 3 20 Arizona 13 1,202 California 45 2,201 Colorado 48 642 Idaho 32 595 Iowa 65 1,566 Kansas 109 2,276 Michigan 14 254 Mississippi 1 47 Missouri 25 425 Montana 48 858 Nebraska 139 3,285 Nevada 17 358 New Mexico 10 135 Oklahoma 75 1,596 Oregon 52 866 Football - 9-player Minnesota 74 2,045 North Dakota 61 911 Ohio 2 53 South Dakota 97 1,989 Snowboarding California 30 337 Maine 2 42 Michigan 12 212 Ohio 1 28 Vermont 9 92 Softball - Fast Pitch Alaska 1 2 Arkansas 2 5 California 5 77 Georgia 1 1 Missouri 19 178 Ohio 43 1,049 Vermont 3 64 Softball - Slow Pitch Ohio 7 24 Team Tennis Georgia 375 4,549 Hawaii 63 184 Maine 95 1,398 Minnesota 192 5,018 Missouri 182 3,707 New Hampshire 54 816 Ohio 436 5,899 Texas 460 14,589 Water Polo California 545 15,669 Florida 72 1,102 Hawaii 10 145 Illinois 75 2,171 Michigan 26 548 Missouri 22 571 Ohio 10 170 Pennsylvania 23 345 Weightlifting Arkansas 22 540 California 27 1,996 Florida 263 5,627 Georgia 54 2,326 Louisiana 78 853 Maine 4 67 Michigan 79 1,703 Mississippi 171 4,091 Ohio 50 2,389
GIRLS PARTICIPATION Competitive Spirit Basketball Bowling Squads Cross Country Alabama 405 6,075 184 1,155 Alaska 126 1,807 8 61 53 686 111 789 Arizona 242 6,459 188 5,965 192 2,731 Arkansas 287 4,592 57 539 68 1,379 102 956 California 1,345 35,134 10 147 274 7,585 1,171 23,769 Colorado 333 7,129 336 4,750 231 3,763 Connecticut 177 4,028 153 2,299 171 2,684 Delaware 50 1,018 10 164 45 719 District of Columbia 15 205 14 133 11 65 Florida 641 11,080 154 1,455 249 6,016 551 6,584 Georgia 425 9,207 248 5,385 392 5,711 Hawaii 61 1,257 57 504 44 844 73 997 Idaho 150 3,348 78 1,351 102 1,285 Illinois 686 17,767 213 3,221 299 8,088 500 10,762 Indiana 398 8,567 379 4,328 Iowa 370 8,400 85 1,202 316 4,476 Kansas 346 7,090 72 895 236 2,898 Kentucky 271 5,511 71 647 221 4,221 232 2,570 Louisiana 364 5,648 63 360 267 2,786 Maine 137 3,000 5 42 83 1,609 100 1,012 Maryland 196 4,665 4 26 184 2,575 Massachusetts 360 10,043 320 5,210 Michigan 693 17,040 325 2,952 334 7,480 605 8,135 Minnesota 456 11,630 339 8,137 Mississippi 262 6,938 51 350 153 2,751 155 1,401 Missouri 549 10,499 354 4,073 Montana 177 3,157 101 827 Nebraska 305 6,358 208 2,037 Nevada 100 2,463 33 253 77 843 New Hampshire 87 2,132 50 58 1,735 73 999 New Jersey 401 9,504 211 1,795 364 5,062 New Mexico 156 3,325 25 149 156 1,442 114 1,304 New York 731 16,997 327 3,445 430 11,157 567 7,966 North Carolina 391 8,568 380 11,520 364 4,589 North Dakota 163 2,394 66 528 Ohio 810 17,596 338 3,315 133 2,110 745 8,979 Oklahoma 481 7,215 200 4,000 275 2,800 Oregon 277 5,965 152 2,710 203 2,678 Pennsylvania 721 21,630 141 1,410 72 1,080 562 11,220 Rhode Island 50 1,073 26 532 44 686 South Carolina 205 4,837 80 2,745 152 2,111 South Dakota 170 2,805 37 715 126 707 Tennessee 375 6,303 139 1,492 291 2,912 Texas 1,297 69,873 1,268 28,096 Utah 129 2,993 125 1,944 Vermont 37 875 2 6 14 216 28 412 Virginia 309 7,580 221 5,074 292 4,654 Washington 382 8,940 60 1,032 265 4,547 West Virginia 125 2,013 121 2,068 91 690 Wisconsin 475 11,549 389 5,715 Wyoming 69 1,603 31 497 42 385
Football Field Hockey 11-player Golf Gymnastics Alabama 105 337 Alaska 34 28 12 155 Arizona 24 270 136 867 Arkansas 3 12 122 533 3 44 California 97 3,349 123 276 805 6,919 59 1,015 Colorado 14 573 117 171 1,429 37 552 Connecticut 79 3,214 18 40 591 51 438 Delaware 46 1,425 2 58 District of Columbia 4 21 Florida 36 408 2,384 Georgia 14 43 352 1,756 41 389 Hawaii 45 184 Idaho 3 3 78 472 Illinois 391 3,983 83 2,012 Indiana 281 2,476 80 752 Iowa 17 88 335 3,348 Kansas 12 113 1,110 12 142 Kentucky 14 205 1,344 Louisiana 127 263 39 109 Maine 82 2,423 4 6 60 96 1 16 Maryland 126 4,055 17 117 248 8 119 Massachusetts 215 7,950 23 26 479 97 1,242 Michigan 25 835 107 340 3,514 64 702 Minnesota 363 4,096 182 2,381 Mississippi 81 426 Missouri 29 1,127 173 1,644 Montana 2 2 97 610 Nebraska 30 132 1,301 Nevada 69 457 New Hampshire 56 1,888 9 35 49 29 198 New Jersey 223 7,982 3 11 197 1,269 74 1,000 New Mexico 100 26 87 373 New York 230 7,504 153 1,811 108 1,625 North Carolina 56 1,120 269 1,241 34 198 North Dakota 4 7 106 520 16 86 Ohio 45 1,096 14 25 547 3,208 164 1,189 Oklahoma 218 1,289 Oregon 68 142 888 Pennsylvania 291 10,185 346 3,460 21 210 Rhode Island 21 595 7 1 89 13 203 South Carolina 87 697 South Dakota 122 699 28 231 Tennessee 265 937 Texas 228 1,195 7,959 Utah 104 982 Vermont 17 582 3 76 20 97 7 86 Virginia 136 4,704 17 21 170 392 72 874 Washington 18 239 2,250 79 1,884 West Virginia 2 2 1 1 Wisconsin 149 1,686 81 1,267 Wyoming 54 4 36 243
Skiing Skiing Ice Hockey Lacrosse Alpine Cross Country Alabama Alaska 39 147 25 466 Arizona Arkansas California 9 73 170 5,412 24 234 6 46 Colorado 48 1,701 14 102 14 80 Connecticut 5 79 3,368 Delaware 29 888 District of Columbia 1 17 7 97 Florida 125 3,706 Georgia 71 2,427 Hawaii Idaho Illinois 44 580 Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 12 355 Louisiana Maine 43 346 40 1,344 41 368 47 298 Maryland 140 5,206 Massachusetts 116 2,053 176 7,120 71 835 21 322 Michigan 17 256 83 2,447 91 691 4 34 Minnesota 240 3,658 78 3,108 115 772 113 2,246 Mississippi Missouri 28 1,257 Montana Nebraska Nevada 18 202 New Hampshire 9 194 41 1,468 55 497 29 289 New Jersey 15 177 182 7,673 15 111 New Mexico New York 24 439 298 11,922 84 706 32 398 North Carolina 71 1,695 North Dakota 17 216 Ohio 13 18 77 2,752 Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania 179 5,728 Rhode Island 11 220 27 940 South Carolina 26 653 South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont 15 258 18 603 13 95 17 265 Virginia 75 2,623 Washington West Virginia Wisconsin 32 773 Wyoming 6 58 7 102
Softball Softball Swimming Soccer Slow Pitch Fast Pitch and Diving Alabama 146 3,358 389 6,224 58 321 Alaska 35 983 30 724 36 502 Arizona 170 5,911 227 6,766 123 3,125 Arkansas 75 1,718 190 3,423 33 366 California 1,237 43,332 49 32,636 881 28,145 Colorado 201 7,458 162 3,933 134 4,144 Connecticut 155 5,808 170 4,219 97 2,746 Delaware 49 1,549 44 1,086 37 807 District of Columbia 5 120 13 158 3 22 Florida 500 14,842 592 11,703 434 7,658 Georgia 357 9,777 14 306 389 7,915 224 3,810 Hawaii 54 1,718 55 699 60 712 Idaho 72 1,938 93 2,037 Illinois 394 16,107 621 16,631 251 6,910 Indiana 253 6,412 372 8,549 237 4,369 Iowa 133 4,894 361 8,275 56 1,531 Kansas 87 3,296 227 4,796 73 1,798 Kentucky 191 5,640 260 6,039 130 1,931 Louisiana 144 3,670 341 6,353 137 1,424 Maine 131 3,780 122 2,713 54 942 Maryland 175 5,699 196 5,180 108 2,167 Massachusetts 345 12,990 349 9,870 204 4,198 Michigan 469 13,654 620 14,675 276 6,015 Minnesota 221 8,090 415 11,215 194 5,404 Mississippi 125 2,403 201 6,182 202 4,715 48 1,773 Missouri 226 8,064 525 9,979 119 3,027 Montana 29 843 59 1,117 18 285 Nebraska 75 2,424 132 2,440 56 971 Nevada 68 2,282 86 2,039 58 1,144 New Hampshire 80 2,592 86 2,033 54 710 New Jersey 356 13,431 395 12,683 246 5,931 New Mexico 69 2,031 91 1,936 46 662 New York 700 22,727 716 18,211 327 7,854 North Carolina 361 12,132 383 8,809 290 4,552 North Dakota 17 538 48 638 20 317 Ohio 532 14,256 1 358 784 16,989 395 6,523 Oklahoma 114 2,975 300 6,560 450 10,450 43 425 Oregon 169 5,019 214 4,125 116 2,288 Pennsylvania 541 18,935 657 19,710 329 9,870 Rhode Island 47 1,500 48 1,033 27 614 South Carolina 140 4,409 197 4,942 77 1,285 South Dakota Tennessee 269 6,172 349 6,113 Texas 575 30,989 1,139 31,685 492 8,123 Utah 99 3,094 100 2,274 81 1,602 Vermont 38 1,282 35 762 2 28 Virginia 279 8,809 299 7,605 190 4,128 Washington 270 9,514 308 7,414 140 4,343 West Virginia 74 1,589 118 2,315 45 643 Wisconsin 251 9,364 434 11,187 137 3,743 Wyoming 24 857 25 568
Track and Field Track and Field Tennis Indoor Outdoor Volleyball Alabama 168 1,726 309 4,708 363 5,445 Alaska 17 210 55 925 50 1,475 Arizona 158 2,515 218 6,523 232 7,486 Arkansas 130 1,170 40 554 253 3,542 129 2,709 California 994 22,544 1,152 45,732 1,337 40,507 Colorado 150 4,675 309 6,697 330 9,463 Connecticut 140 3,122 151 4,788 161 6,562 156 4,497 Delaware 34 580 35 785 42 1,160 49 1,450 District of Columbia 7 51 11 73 10 103 12 148 Florida 479 4,871 519 10,896 652 14,435 Georgia 413 10,436 305 7,115 Hawaii 63 902 62 1,644 68 1,925 Idaho 54 1,027 139 3,093 149 3,743 Illinois 317 8,346 596 19,283 694 22,492 Indiana 311 6,073 388 9,826 396 9,981 Iowa 114 3,307 365 9,435 372 12,281 Kansas 135 2,545 346 6,945 344 8,617 Kentucky 210 2,744 238 5,150 255 6,147 Louisiana 169 1,699 219 1,048 354 7,015 195 4,083 Maine 65 1,281 103 2,292 32 642 Maryland 179 2,410 174 4,266 190 5,563 190 4,927 Massachusetts 274 4,357 244 8,425 312 11,990 276 8,129 Michigan 358 9,754 31 212 665 16,819 710 20,408 Minnesota 226 6,308 434 15,408 452 14,805 Mississippi 164 1,696 17 493 237 4,639 82 2,088 Missouri 182 3,818 488 11,152 429 10,345 Montana 52 1,127 171 2,396 173 3,650 Nebraska 65 1,410 306 7,168 305 7,034 Nevada 56 836 91 2,787 101 2,919 New Hampshire 57 1,184 77 2,173 59 1,584 New Jersey 338 6,559 293 8,386 370 16,273 256 6,904 New Mexico 67 739 151 3,097 152 3,725 New York 442 9,502 409 12,379 647 21,834 631 15,788 North Carolina 345 4,467 234 3,241 377 10,138 388 8,843 North Dakota 18 419 151 1,712 158 3,253 Ohio 429 6,410 160 2,390 795 21,110 801 18,899 Oklahoma 114 770 369 3,276 121 2,904 Oregon 123 2,787 263 6,794 272 7,050 Pennsylvania 408 4,896 168 2,790 621 24,840 584 10,512 Rhode Island 42 843 37 1,271 40 1,545 40 961 South Carolina 120 1,977 198 5,804 197 4,733 South Dakota 22 259 167 2,705 163 3,631 Tennessee 270 2,925 270 5,677 316 6,119 Texas 1,195 18,570 1,335 62,557 1,138 44,513 Utah 91 1,759 123 4,168 129 2,951 Vermont 18 297 16 237 31 692 2 22 Virginia 266 3,502 206 5,720 299 8,458 301 7,750 Washington 241 7,222 322 9,900 361 10,398 West Virginia 80 890 112 2,417 117 2,266 Wisconsin 207 5,939 428 12,387 477 15,328 Wyoming 16 315 21 467 71 1,301 68 1,823
Wrestling State Schools Particip. Alabama Alaska 96 169 Arizona 55 221 Arkansas California 474 2,008 Colorado 152 Connecticut 67 Delaware 11 District of Columbia Florida 198 Georgia 60 130 Hawaii 53 456 Idaho 12 18 Illinois Indiana Iowa 33 72 Kansas 95 Kentucky 23 Louisiana Maine 27 62 Maryland 178 Massachusetts 126 Michigan 143 Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana 7 13 Nebraska 59 Nevada New Hampshire 14 New Jersey 55 New Mexico 60 74 New York 25 North Carolina North Dakota 3 7 Ohio 45 123 Oklahoma Oregon 130 Pennsylvania Rhode Island 13 South Carolina South Dakota 4 10 Tennessee Texas 231 2,416 Utah Vermont 4 6 Virginia 45 77 Washington 176 1,071 West Virginia 1 1 Wisconsin Wyoming 55 12
SPORT State Sch. Particip. SPORT State Sch. Particip. Adapted Bowling California 2 16 Maine 2 15 Maryland 67 418 Michigan 149 962 Minnesota 37 168 Ohio 6 20 Ohio 4 23 Vermont 1 5 Vermont 1 7 Football - 6-player Wyoming 10 1 Adapted Floor Hockey Maryland 2 5 Football - 8-player Alaska 2 2 Minnesota 59 183 Arizona 7 29 Adapted Soccer California 4 47 California 7 102 Maryland 23 92 Colorado 1 Minnesota 65 160 Idaho 32 Ohio 4 119 Iowa 3 5 Adapted Softball California 4 36 Kansas 1 Maryland 52 312 Michigan 1 Minnesota 64 193 Montana 1 2 Ohio 1 146 Nebraska 21 Badminton Arizona 53 1,057 Oregon 4 California 203 4,969 Riflery Alaska 15 93 Illinois 90 3,675 Arkansas 3 15 Maryland 34 584 Georgia 103 325 Minnesota 19 654 Maine 4 13 New York 48 1,211 Michigan 4 9 Baseball Alaska 5 5 New York 8 58 Arkansas 2 4 Ohio 3 32 California 39 309 Pennsylvania 44 440 Colorado 93 Rodeo California 19 85 Connecticut 3 New Mexico 30 32 Delaware 1 Ohio 1 1 Florida 8 Snowboarding California 24 166 Georgia 5 10 Maine 2 6 Maine 2 3 Michigan 11 96 Maryland 7 Vermont 9 42 Massachusetts 3 Synch. Swimming Michigan 5 60 Michigan 26 Minnesota 21 417 Minnesota 7 Ohio 5 98 Nebraska 5 Team Tennis Georgia 381 5,153 New Hampshire 17 Hawaii 63 273 New Jersey 59 Maine 98 1,586 North Dakota 5 11 Minnesota 226 6,308 Ohio 9 144 Missouri 182 3,818 Oregon 16 New Hampshire 54 946 Rhode Island 1 Ohio 430 6,418 Texas 260 Texas 460 12,721 Vermont 1 1 Water Polo California 552 14,225 Virginia 2 5 Florida 69 1,048 Canoe Paddling Hawaii 60 1,410 Hawaii 29 571 Crew California 165 4,473 Illinois 71 1,821 Delaware 3 68 Michigan 33 602 District of Columbia 1 49 Ohio 8 137 Maine 2 26 Pennsylvania 23 345 Michigan 20 506 Weightlifting California 16 611 Ohio 10 225 Florida 226 4,828 Vermont 1 5 Georgia 13 323 Virginia 26 909 Louisiana 67 396 Decathlon California 19 143 Maine 2 10 Maine 2 7 Michigan 54 515 Ohio 1 12 Mississippi 64 1,011 Equestrian California 55 428 Ohio 28 785