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.
A Data Scientist was the highest paying entry-level job in 2019, with the median base salary of $95,000, in which according to Forbes it also held the lowest percentile of women, African Americans, and Latinos working in the field. To address this disparity, the CEO and Founder of the Sports Analytics Club Program Mr. Robert L. Clayton, Esq. collaboratively developed a partnership with Faculty member Ben Shields at MIT Sloan in 2017 where the Sports Analytics Club Program non-profit was born.
Charles Oakley may not be a name most people remember, but he was once one of the most prominent power forwards in the NBA. A skilled defensive player and prolific rebounder, he was a core member of the New York Knicks throughout the 80s and 90s. Yet, before he was snatching up jump balls at Madison Square Garden, he was sinking baskets at Virginia Union University.
The Baltimore City College (B.C.C.) students, participants in The Sports Analytics Club Program (SACP), analyzed Flood’s Major League Baseball career by applying advanced data science techniques developed in baseball since Flood’s retirement in 1971 after 14 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. The B.C.C. Sports Analytics Club found that the three-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion and seven-time Gold Glove winner has a unique résumé that sets him apart from other stars of his era.
ESPN documentary “Defy the Odds” Sports Analytics Club Program was launched in 2017 at Edmondson-Westside High School in Baltimore in partnership with Morgan State University and the Washington Wizards. Professor Monir Sharker was the Faculty Advisor. The Club’s success in advocating for Morgan State great Marvin Webster to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball …
SACP Creates Compelling Case to induct Marvin Webster into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Marvin Webster posthumously inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 His induction was the result of a campaign by the Sports Analytics Club Program students at his high school, Edmondson-Westside High School. The students researched …