NUMBERS BY SPORT

ATHLETES WANTED

C H R I S K R A U S E

High School Edition

APPENDIX B

Sports per Division

Opportunities per Division

Athletes per Sport

— 336 —

NUMBERS BY SpORT

AppENDiX

B

sports per diVision

Listed on the following page is the number of colleges and universities that offer a particular sport, separated by division.

AppENDiX B 337 sP

orTs

Per

div

isio

nSp

ORT

Divis

ion

IDi

visio

n IA

ADi

visio

n II

Divis

ion

IIINA

IAJu

nior

Colle

geTO

TAL

Base

ball P

rogr

ams

291

N/A

242

373

213

394

1,51

2W

omen

’s Bas

ketb

all Pr

ogra

ms

331

N/A

289

436

263

390

1,70

9M

en’s B

aske

tball

Prog

ram

s33

3N/

A28

841

226

543

51,

733

Wom

en’s C

ross

Coun

try Pr

ogra

ms

327

N/A

270

393

211

122

1,32

3M

en’s C

ross

Coun

try Pr

ogra

ms

301

N/A

241

372

204

113

1,26

1Fie

ld H

ocke

y Pro

gram

s77

N/A

2615

80

026

1Fo

otba

ll Pro

gram

s12

011

915

423

992

7179

5W

omen

’s Gol

f Pro

gram

s24

3N/

A13

416

413

988

768

Men

’s Gol

f Pro

gram

s29

1N/

A21

028

418

121

51,

181

Wom

en’s I

ce H

ocke

y Pro

gram

s35

N/A

246

00

83M

en’s I

ce H

ocke

y Pro

gram

s58

N/A

773

011

149

Wom

en’sLacrosseProgram

s85

N/A

4818

00

1833

1Men’sLacrosseProgram

s57

N/A

3515

10

2727

0W

omen

’s Soc

cer P

rogr

ams

310

N/A

225

424

222

180

1,36

1M

en’s S

occe

r Pro

gram

s19

8N/

A17

940

121

821

61,

212

Softb

all Pr

ogra

ms

276

N/A

268

408

210

358

1,52

0W

omen

’s Swi

mm

ing P

rogr

ams

139

N/A

7224

228

1849

9M

en’s S

wim

min

g Pro

gram

s19

3N/

A56

197

2117

484

Wom

en’s T

enni

s Pro

gram

s31

1N/

A22

037

112

392

1,11

7M

en’s T

enni

s Pro

gram

s25

8N/

A16

832

510

780

938

Wom

en’s T

rack

& Fi

eld Pr

ogra

ms

307

N/A

174

274

135

8297

2M

en’s T

rack

& Fi

eld Pr

ogra

ms

269

N/A

162

267

133

7890

9W

omen

’s Vol

leyba

ll Pro

gram

s31

7N/

A27

642

325

129

71,

564

Men

’s Vol

leyba

ll Pro

gram

s22

N/A

1347

170

99W

restl

ing P

rogr

ams

86N/

A45

9235

4430

2To

TAl

5,35

43,

804

6,75

23,

068

3,34

622

,324

338

AThLETES WANTED

opportunities per diVision

oPPorTuniTies Per divisiondivision iA schools with Football Programs 120division iAA schools with Football Programs 119division i schools with non-Football Programs 94division ii schools with Athletic Programs 291division iii schools with Athletic Programs 445nAiA schools with Athletic Programs 284nCJAA schools with Athletic Programs 516

ToTAl 1,869

MYth: NCAA Division iA is the only option for collegiate athletic opportunities.

reAlitY: Over eighteen hundred U.S. colleges and universi-ties sponsor collegiate athletics and are able to offer financial packages. Most of these opportuni-ties fall outside Division iA schools.

nCJAA28%

nAiA15%

div iii24%

div ii16%

div iA6% div i (oTher)

5%

div iAA6%

AppENDiX B 339

AThl

eTes

Per

sPor

T

High

Scho

ol

Athl

etes

Divis

ion

IDi

visio

n IA

ADi

visio

n II

Divis

ion

IIINA

IANJ

CAA

Tota

l Col

lege

At

hlet

es

Base

ball P

layer

s47

8,029

10,19

58,6

0311

,588

6,390

11,82

048

,596

Wom

en’s B

aske

tball

Play

ers

449,5

404,7

654,2

916,2

513,9

455,8

5025

,102

Men

’s Bas

ketb

all Pl

ayer

s55

2,935

5,119

4,768

7,194

3,975

6,525

27,58

1

Wom

en’s C

ross

Coun

try Ru

nner

s19

0,349

5,311

3,054

5,126

2,532

1,464

17,48

7

Men

’s Cro

ss Co

untry

Runn

ers

221,1

094,4

532,9

015,1

242,4

481,3

5616

,282

Field

Hoc

key P

layer

s62

,557

1,791

564

3,278

00

5,633

Foot

ball P

layer

s1,1

08,28

613

,758

11,9

0015

,764

22,81

39,2

007,1

0080

,535

Wom

en’s G

olfe

rs69

,243

2,047

973

1,076

973

616

5,685

Men

’s Gol

fers

159,9

582,9

602,2

801,2

671,4

821,5

059,4

94

Wom

en’s I

ce H

ocke

y Play

ers

8,621

837

521,0

070

01,8

96

Men

’s Ice

Hoc

key P

layer

s36

,667

1,632

218

2,156

025

04,2

56

Wom

en’sLacrossePlayers

61,08

62,3

1791

93,5

940

360

7,190

Men’sLacrossePlayers

82,86

02,5

071,2

585,1

350

540

9,440

Wom

en’s S

occe

r Play

ers

346,5

457,9

555,3

449,3

835,1

064,1

4031

,928

Men

’s Soc

cer P

layer

s38

3,561

5,556

4,801

10,67

45,1

044,9

6831

,103

Softb

all Pl

ayer

s37

1,293

5,285

4,905

6,964

4,200

7,160

28,51

4

Fem

ale Sw

imm

ers

147,1

975,1

551,3

924,6

9156

036

012

,158

Male

Swim

mer

s11

1,896

3,670

1,080

3,632

420

340

9,142

Athletes per sport

340

AThLETES WANTED

AThl

eTes

Per

sPor

T (Co

nT.)

High

Scho

ol

Athl

etes

Divis

ion

IDi

visio

n IA

ADi

visio

n II

Divis

ion

IIINA

IANJ

CAA

Tota

l Col

lege

At

hlet

es

Wom

en’s T

enni

s Play

ers

172,4

552,8

91

2,004

3,826

1,230

920

10,87

1

Men

’s Ten

nis P

layer

s15

6,285

2,680

1,6

193,5

511,0

7082

09,7

40

Wom

en’s T

rack

& Fi

eld Pa

rticip

ants

447,5

2011

,230

4,4

516,6

824,0

502,4

6028

,873

Men

’s Tra

ck &

Field

Parti

cipan

ts54

8,821

10,26

6

5,052

8,161

3,990

2,340

29,80

9

Wom

en’s V

olley

ball P

artic

ipan

ts39

7,968

4,650

4,0

206,0

453,3

1229

718

,324

Men

’s Vol

leyba

ll Par

ticip

ants

46,78

045

6

238

604

255

01,5

53

Wre

stler

s25

9,688

2,648

1,3

182,3

4491

01,1

448,3

64

ToTA

l6,

871,

249

132,

034

11,9

0081

,869

142,

166

61,1

5262

,335

479,

556