Athletes Wanted : Appendix B

APPENDIX B NUMBERS BY SPORT Sports per Division Opportunities per Division Athletes per Sport

ATHLETES

WANTED CHRIS KRAUSE High School Edition

A P P E N D I X B

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

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SPORT Baseball Programs Women’s Basketball Programs Men’s Basketball Programs Women’s Cross Country Programs Men’s Cross Country Programs Field Hockey Programs Football Programs Women’s Golf Programs Men’s Golf Programs Women’s Ice Hockey Programs Men’s Ice Hockey Programs Women’s Lacrosse Programs Men’s Lacrosse Programs Women’s Soccer Programs Men’s Soccer Programs Softball Programs Women’s Swimming Programs Men’s Swimming Programs Women’s Tennis Programs Men’s Tennis Programs Women’s Track & Field Programs Men’s Track & Field Programs Women’s Volleyball Programs Men’s Volleyball Programs Wrestling Programs TOTAL

Division II 242 289 288 270 241 26 154 134 210 2 7 48 35 225 179 268 72 56 220 168 174 162 276 13 45 3,804

Division III 373 436 412 393 372 158 239 164 284 46 73 180 151 424 401 408 242 197 371 325 274 267 423 47 92 6,752

sports per division

Division I Division IAA 291 N/A 331 N/A 333 N/A 327 N/A 301 N/A 77 N/A 120 119 243 N/A 291 N/A 35 N/A 58 N/A 85 N/A 57 N/A 310 N/A 198 N/A 276 N/A 139 N/A 193 N/A 311 N/A 258 N/A 307 N/A 269 N/A 317 N/A 22 N/A 86 N/A 5,354

NAIA 213 263 265 211 204 0 92 139 181 0 0 0 0 222 218 210 28 21 123 107 135 133 251 17 35 3,068

Junior College 394 390 435 122 113 0 71 88 215 0 11 18 27 180 216 358 18 17 92 80 82 78 297 0 44 3,346

TOTAL 1,512 1,709 1,733 1,323 1,261 261 795 768 1,181 83 149 331 270 1,361 1,212 1,520 499 484 1,117 938 972 909 1,564 99 302 22,324

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OPPORTUNITIES per division

OPPORTUNITIES PER DIVISION Division IA Schools with Football Programs Division IAA Schools with Football Programs Division I Schools with non-Football Programs Division II Schools with Athletic Programs Division III Schools with Athletic Programs NAIA Schools with Athletic Programs NCJAA Schools with Athletic Programs Total

Myth:

NCAA Division IA is the only option for collegiate athletic opportunities.

Reality: Over eighteen hundred U.S. colleges and universities sponsor collegiate athletics and are able to offer financial packages. Most of these opportunities fall outside Division IA schools.

DIV IA 6% NCJAA 28%

NAIA 15%

DIV IAA 6% DIV I (OTHER) 5% DIV II 16%

DIV III 24%

120 119 94 291 445 284 516 1,869

Baseball Players Women’s Basketball Players Men’s Basketball Players Women’s Cross Country Runners Men’s Cross Country Runners Field Hockey Players Football Players Women’s Golfers Men’s Golfers Women’s Ice Hockey Players Men’s Ice Hockey Players Women’s Lacrosse Players Men’s Lacrosse Players Women’s Soccer Players Men’s Soccer Players Softball Players Female Swimmers Male Swimmers

478,029 449,540 552,935 190,349 221,109 62,557 1,108,286 69,243 159,958 8,621 36,667 61,086 82,860 346,545 383,561 371,293 147,197 111,896

High School Athletes 10,195 4,765 5,119 5,311 4,453 1,791 13,758 2,047 2,960 837 1,632 2,317 2,507 7,955 5,556 5,285 5,155 3,670

Division I

11,900

Division IAA 8,603 4,291 4,768 3,054 2,901 564 15,764 973 2,280 52 218 919 1,258 5,344 4,801 4,905 1,392 1,080

Division II

Athletes per sport

11,588 6,251 7,194 5,126 5,124 3,278 22,813 1,076 1,267 1,007 2,156 3,594 5,135 9,383 10,674 6,964 4,691 3,632

Division III 6,390 3,945 3,975 2,532 2,448 0 9,200 973 1,482 0 0 0 0 5,106 5,104 4,200 560 420

NAIA 11,820 5,850 6,525 1,464 1,356 0 7,100 616 1,505 0 250 360 540 4,140 4,968 7,160 360 340

NJCAA 48,596 25,102 27,581 17,487 16,282 5,633 80,535 5,685 9,494 1,896 4,256 7,190 9,440 31,928 31,103 28,514 12,158 9,142

Total College Athletes

APPENDIX B

339

Athletes per sport

Women’s Tennis Players Men’s Tennis Players Women’s Track & Field Participants Men’s Track & Field Participants Women’s Volleyball Participants Men’s Volleyball Participants Wrestlers TOTAL

172,455 156,285 447,520 548,821 397,968 46,780 259,688 6,871,249

High School Athletes 2,891 2,680 11,230 10,266 4,650 456 2,648 132,034

Division I

11,900

Division IAA 2,004 1,619 4,451 5,052 4,020 238 1,318 81,869

Division II

Athletes per sport (cont.)

3,826 3,551 6,682 8,161 6,045 604 2,344 142,166

Division III 1,230 1,070 4,050 3,990 3,312 255 910 61,152

NAIA 920 820 2,460 2,340 297 0 1,144 62,335

NJCAA 10,871 9,740 28,873 29,809 18,324 1,553 8,364 479,556

Total College Athletes

340 ATHLETES WANTED