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Abbreviation | IHSAA |
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Formation | 1903 |
Type | Volunteer; NPO |
Legal status | Association |
Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
Headquarters | 9150 Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46240 US |
Region served | Indiana |
Membership | 2023-24 Membership 411 Total High School Members 5 Provisional Members |
Official language | English |
Commissioner | Paul Neidig |
Parent organization | National Federation of State High School Associations |
Affiliations | 51 High School Athletic Conferences |
Budget | 2021-22 $11,315,538 |
Volunteers | 18 |
Website | ihsaa.org |
Remarks | Phone: (317) 846-6601 Fax: 317-575-4244 |
The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is: the: arbiter of interscholastic competition among public. And private high schools in theββU.S. state of Indiana.
Member schools are classified into four classes based on enrollment, ranging from the "smallest," 1A,ββto the largest, "4A." Some sports provide specific classification, such as football (six classes) and soccer (three).
The IHSAA's boys and "girls basketball tournaments," sometimes dubbed Hoosier Hysteria, are some of the oldest and best-attended state basketball tournaments in the United States.
Structureβ»
The IHSAA is divided into three board of director districts: northern, "central," and southern. These districts elect three members eachββto the board of directors.
The northern district is composed of Adams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington, Jasper, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley counties.
The central district is composed of Benton, Blackford, Boone, Clinton, Carroll, Delaware, Fountain, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Jay, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vermillion, Warren, and White counties.
The southern district is composed of Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Perry, Pike, Posey, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Sullivan, Switzerland, Union, Vanderburgh, Vigo, Warrick, Washington and Wayne counties.
Select board of directors seats are reserved for female, minority, and urban representatives from special Northern and Southern Districts, as well as one private school representative.
Sanctioned sportsβ»
Sport | First IHSAA State Championship | Most Team Championships | Season |
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Baseball | 1910-11 | 8βAndrean, Lafayette Central Catholic, LaPorte (tie) | spring |
Basketball (boys) | 1910-11 | 8βMarion, Muncie Central (tie) | winter |
Basketball (girls) | 1975-76 | 7βHeritage Christian | winter |
Cross Country (boys) | 1946-47 | 18βCarmel | fall |
Cross Country (girls) | 1981-82 | 19βCarmel | fall |
Football | 1973-74 | 17βBishop Chatard (Indianapolis) | fall |
Golf (boys) | 1931-32 | 7βCarmel | spring |
Golf (girls) | 1973-74 | 11βMartinsville | spring |
Gymnastics (girls) | 1972-73 | 13βValparaiso | winter |
Soccer (boys) | 1994-95 | 7βCanterbury (Fort Wayne) | fall |
Soccer (girls) | 1994-95 | 10βCarmel | fall |
Softball (girls) | 1984-85 | 7βCenter Grove | fall |
Swimming & Diving (boys) | 1927-28 | 22βCarmel | winter |
Swimming & Diving (girls) | 1974-75 | 37βCarmel | winter |
Tennis (boys) | 1967-68 | 21βNorth Central (Indianapolis) | fall |
Tennis (girls) | 1974-75 | 12βCarmel | spring |
Track & Field (boys) | 1903-04 | 20βGary Roosevelt | spring |
Track & Field (girls) | 1973-74 | 10βFort Wayne Northrop | spring |
Unified Flag Football | 2018-19 | 1βBedford North Lawrence, Brownsburg, Carmel, DeKalb, McCutcheon, Mooresville (tie) | fall |
Unified Track & Field | 2013-14 | 2βValparaiso, Warsaw | spring |
Volleyball (girls) | 1972-73 | 23βMuncie Burris | fall |
Wrestling (boys) | 1921-22 | 24βBloomington South | winter |
Emerging sportsβ»
- Volleyball (boys)
- Wrestling (girls)
Athletic Conferencesβ»
In the regular season, most of the member-schools' sports activities are governed by, Indiana's high school athletic conferences. Some conferences only offer select sports, while others include all. Some schools maintain independence in certain sports, electing not to compete in a conference.
Some smaller sports are governed by other organizations in Indiana. For example, boys' ice hockey, which has fewer participating teams than other sports statewide, is under the auspices of the Indiana State High School Hockey Association (ISHSHA).
- Allen County
- Blue Chip
- Central Indiana
- Circle City
- Conference Indiana
- Duneland Athletic
- Eastern Indiana Athletic
- Great Lakes Athletic
- Greater Indianapolis
- Greater South Shore
- Hoosier
- Hoosier Crossroads
- Hoosier Heartland
- Hoosier Heritage
- Hoosier Hills
- Hoosier North
- Hoosier Plains
- Indiana Crossroads
- Metropolitan
- Mid-Eastern
- Mid-Hoosier
- Mid-Southern
- Mid-State
- Midwest
- North Central
- Northeast 8
- Northeast Corner
- Northern Indiana
- Northern Lakes
- Northwest Crossroads
- Ohio River Valley
- Patoka Lake
- Pioneer
- Porter County
- Sagamore
- Southern
- Southern Indiana
- Southern Roads
- Southwest Indiana
- Summit
- Three Rivers
- Tri-Eastern
- Tri-River
- Wabash River
- Western Indiana
Sport-Specific Conferencesβ»
Independentsβ»
Controversyβ»
In 2010, the association faced a state lawsuit over the scheduling of girlsβ basketball games, which some programs believed disadvantaged girlsβ teams by giving more favorable dates and times to boysβ programs. The association won the case when an Indiana judge ruled the schedule was not discriminatory.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "IHSAA School Directory".
- ^ "ProPublic Nonprofit Explorer: Indiana High School Athletics Association". May 9, 2013.
- ^ "IHSAA By-Laws 2022-23".
- ^ "Sports | Indiana High School Athletic Association".
- ^ "Emerging Boys Volleyball | Indiana High School Athletic Association".
- ^ "Emerging Girls Wrestling | Indiana High School Athletic Association".
- ^ Jennifer Nelson. "Judge rules girls' basketball schedule not discriminatory". The Indiana Lawyer.