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SECTION ONE THE IHSAA FACT SHEET

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YEARS OLD The IHSAA was founded in 1903.

410 During the 2014-15 school year, 410 Indiana high schools—public,

MEMBER parochial, private and charter schools—were members of the
IHSAA. School membership in the IHSAA is voluntary.
SCHOOLS

NO Member-schools pay no annual membership fee and no tourna-
ment entry fees. Every year the IHSAA returns more tournament
FEES revenue to its member-schools than it retains.

NO The IHSAA is a not-for-profit organization. It is completely
self-supporting and is not the recipient of any local, state or
TAXES RECEIVED federal tax monies.

REVENUE The IHSAA’s revenue comes from four basic sources:
tournament revenue, official licensing fees, broadcast rights
SOURCES fees and corporate partnerships.

160,000 Every year approximately 160,000 teenage boys and girls partici-

STUDENT ATHLETES pate in 21 sports administered by the IHSAA.

IHSAA sports are education-based. Unlike AAU, travel leagues,
IHSAA club and other sports that are organized by for-profit organiza-
tions, the emphasis of education-based athletics is teaching life

sionally are not taught at home—lessons like sportsmanship, the
SPORTS ARE lesson that can’t be taught in high school classrooms and occa-
EDUCATION value of hard work, time management skills, respect for rules and
BASED the benefits of teamwork. Students who participate in high school
sports routinely become leaders in business, education, commu-
nity and government.

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