STUDENT-ATHLETE

Year-by-Year Participation
2008-09 Participation Study – Women’s Sports
SPORT Teams Athletes
DIVISION I DIVISION II DIVISION III OVERALL
Avg.
Squad
Teams
Athletes
Avg.
Squad
Teams
Athletes
Avg.
Squad
Teams
Athletes
Avg.
Squad
Championship Sports
Basketball 331 4,815 14.5 288 4,200 14.6 435 6,366 14.6 1,054 15,381 14.6
Bowling 29 255 8.8 18 162 9.0 8 68 8.5 55 485 8.8
Cross Country 327 5,534 16.9 269 3,117 11.6 400 5,450 13.6 996 14,101 14.2
Fencing* 22 369 16.8 4 55 13.8 15 249 16.6 41 673 16.4
Field Hockey 76 1,726 22.7 26 589 22.7 158 3,288 20.8 260 5,603 21.6
Golf 243 2,085 8.6 136 1,020 7.5 164 1,203 7.3 543 4,308 7.9
Gymnastics 63 1,070 17.0 5 105 21.0 16 280 17.5 84 1,455 17.3
Ice Hockey 35 816 23.3 2 50 25.0 47 1,110 23.6 84 1,976 23.5
Lacrosse 86 2,341 27.2 48 1,058 22.0 185 3,820 20.6 319 7,219 22.6
Rifle* 24 125 5.2 4 24 6.0 7 23 3.3 35 172 4.9
Rowing 87 5,448 62.6 16 467 29.2 43 1,374 32.0 146 7,289 49.9
Skiing* 14 222 15.9 7 77 11.0 20 203 10.2 41 502 12.2
Soccer 310 8,117 26.2 225 5,437 24.2 424 9,803 23.1 959 23,357 24.4
Softball 276 5,400 19.6 268 4,991 18.6 405 7,098 17.5 949 17,489 18.4
Swimming/Diving 194 5,298 27.3 73 1,462 20.0 243 4,866 20.0 510 11,626 22.8
Tennis 311 2,913 9.4 220 1,945 8.8 369 3,861 10.5 900 8,719 9.7
Track, Indoor 299 11,324 37.9 127 3,514 27.7 235 6,216 26.5 661 21,054 31.9
Track, Outdoor 307 11,433 37.2 175 4,529 25.9 276 6,993 25.3 758 22,955 30.3
Volleyball 317 4,685 14.8 276 3,971 14.4 422 6,171 14.6 1,015 14,827 14.6
Water Polo 32 709 22.2 7 143 20.4 21 304 14.5 60 1,156 19.3
SUBTOTAL 3,383 74,685 2,194 36,916 3,893 68,746 9,470 180,347
Emerging Sports
Archery 1 12 12.0 0 N/A 0 N/A 1 12 12.0
Badminton 0 N/A 0 N/A 2 19 9.5 2 19 9.5
Equestrian 18 707 39.3 5 119 23.8 23 625 27.2 46 1,451 31.5
Rugby 1 23 23.0 1 54 54.0 3 107 35.7 5 184 36.8
Squash 9 117 13.0 0 N/A 19 264 13.9 28 381 13.6
Sync. Swimming 4 59 14.8 1 14 14.0 3 36 12.0 8 109 13.6
Team Handball 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 0 N/A
SUBTOTAL 33 918 7 187 50 1,051 90 2,156
TOTAL 3,416 75,603 2,201 37,103 3,943 69,797 9,560 182,503
NOTES:
1. Participation totals are adjusted to reflect all institutions sponsoring each sport.
2. Provisional members are included in these numbers.
3. Coed sport teams from the sports sponsorship database were added to both the
men’s AND women’s team data. The following sports had coed teams: a) cross
country, b equestrian, c) fencing, d) golf, e) rifle, f) skiing, g) swimming and diving,
h) indoor track and field and i) outdoor track and field.
4. The total row contains data from the emerging sports subtotal row added to the
championship sports subtotal row.
N/A = Not Applicable
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