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SECTION FOUR Year in Review

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE BY THE NUMBERS

2.1% *

TOTAL ATTENDANCE ACROSS ALL TWENTY ONE
STATE TOURNAMENTS:

BOYS BASKETBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL

TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT SERIES STATE FINALS
18% * 18% * 57% *

TOURNAMENT REVENUE: $8,052,246 **

TOTAL

*Attendance figures are from the 2013-14 school year.
**Revenue figures are from the 2012-13 school year.

We are pleased to report that our summer workshop In addition, during the 2013-14 school year, the
for new athletic directors attracted 52 participants, Student Advisory Committee helped plan and stage
48 of whom are employed by member high schools. a first-of-its-kind, unified track and field event with
In addition, more than 150 IHSAA officials attended Indiana Special Olympics during the Boys State
the first annual IHSAA Officials Summit. Championship Track Meet held in Bloomington,
Indiana on June 7. This collaboration is an example
The IHSAA Student Advisory Committee becomes of the kinds of programs that the IHSAA has in place
more involved in IHSAA activities every year. The to help teach the responsibilities and rewards of
committee is comprised of 18 student-athletes who citizenship to our state’s student-athletes.
have been nominated by their high school principal
or athletic director and who agree to attend the Another such program is the presentation of the C.
IHSAA’s annual retreat and at least one fall meeting Eugene Cato Scholarship Awards. Thirteen Indiana
each year, assist the administrative staff during one teenagers—the most ever—each received a $2,500
state championship event during the fall, winter and college scholarship during the prestigious Brady
spring seasons, and assist in planning the IHSAA Awards banquet held at the Indiana Roof Ballroom
Student Leadership Conference held every June. on April 24. These 13 Indiana teenagers were
recognized not only for their capabilities as athletes,
but also for their accomplishments as students and

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