NBA legend Marques Johnson made a special appearance at Crenshaw High School’s second annual Fall Festival, where he personally thanked the Crenshaw High School STEMM Magnet Sports Analytics Club for their dedicated research on his Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame candidacy.
The Simon Conference for Young Researchers in Risk Management and Insurance, hosted annually at Michigan State University, has long served as a premier platform for undergraduate, graduate, and early-career researchers to showcase their work. This year, the conference took an exciting step forward by expanding its scope to include sports analytics research from high school students and their mentors—a move that energized the event and set a new precedent for future speaker recruitment.
The Michigan State University Graduate Certificate in Sports Analytics (GCSA) program is pleased to announce the addition of Christien D. Oliver to its advisory board. Christien D. Oliver is a highly regarded alumnus of Michigan State University and a passionate advocate for increasing access to data science careers for underrepresented groups. He is excited to help the program deliver a world-class learning experience that trains its graduates to impact winning games and drive revenue
The Starr Hill Pathways program, sponsored by The Equity Center at UVA, provides students enrolled in Charlottesville City and Albemarle County Public Schools a unique opportunity to gain first-hand exposure to a wide range of career possibilities, including in data science. The free, year-long program prioritizes students of color, those from low- and middle-income families, and future first-generation college students.
A summer program at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science did more than just educate a group of young people about what the field was about – it showed them that a career in data science could be for them.
Check out how students from the Sports Analytics Club at James Madison High School got an inside look at the world of data-driven decision-making with the Dallas Mavericks. In this insightful video, students explore the correlation between traditional business revenue and the impact of social media versus conventional business models. Students met with the Mavericks staff to learn how the team uses and interprets data to boost their success both on and off the court.
On Saturday, Ben Wallace, four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and core member of the 2004 champion Detroit Pistons, will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Nobody — arguably including Wallace himself — was more thrilled by the honor than a group of six students at Armstrong High School in Richmond, a 10-minute drive from Wallace’s alma mater of Virginia Union University.
The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, in partnership with Wasserman and in association with the Sports Analytics Club Program (SACP), is focused on increasing diversity in the sports industry, as is the SACP. To amplify that mission, SACP is supporting the MIT Sloan Conference’s new Mentorship Program, presented by Wasserman, by sponsoring eight college students who are alumni of SACP Clubs in 2021 and 2022.
Chauncey Billups, the 2004 NBA Finals MVP for the Detroit Pistons and a five-time NBA All-Star, is highly qualified for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., according to research by the Cass Technical High School Sports Analytics Club in Detroit.
The Cass Tech students, participants in The Sports Analytics Club Program (SACP), analyzed Billups’ statistical profile from his 17-year NBA career and found that the five-time All-Star compared favorably to several other point guards already enshrined in Springfield.
In January 2020, the Quince Orchard High (QOHS) Sports Analytics Club (MD) predicted the NBA stardom of Murray in a data science driven SACP Research Report issued to the Denver Nuggets under the assignment of Tommy Balcetis, assistant general manager of the Nuggets. The Club was governed by STEM Teacher Michael Schweizer and George Mason University Professor Ralph Romanelli served as the University Partner Advisor.