Participation in California
2013 season: 103,474
2014 season: 103,740
2015 season: 100,205
2016 season: 97,079
2017 season: 94,286
Participation in soccer in California high schools has jumped by 10 percent over that past five years.
Track numbers are up.
Water polo numbers are up.
Lacrosse numbers are up.
Even volleyball participation has, um, spiked
In other PAC 12 states:
Participation in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Utah and Colorado has dropped a combined 2.8 percent (in raw numbers: about 2,000 players) over the same timeframe.
Other highly recruited states:
In fact, numbers are up slightly over the past five years in Texas (164,544 to 164,664), Florida (40,606 to 41,852) and Georgia (32,979 to 33,027) while declining about four percent in Ohio (44,431 to 42,637).
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01...r-than-those-of-other-power-five-conferences/
2013 season: 103,474
2014 season: 103,740
2015 season: 100,205
2016 season: 97,079
2017 season: 94,286
Participation in soccer in California high schools has jumped by 10 percent over that past five years.
Track numbers are up.
Water polo numbers are up.
Lacrosse numbers are up.
Even volleyball participation has, um, spiked
In other PAC 12 states:
Participation in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Utah and Colorado has dropped a combined 2.8 percent (in raw numbers: about 2,000 players) over the same timeframe.
Other highly recruited states:
In fact, numbers are up slightly over the past five years in Texas (164,544 to 164,664), Florida (40,606 to 41,852) and Georgia (32,979 to 33,027) while declining about four percent in Ohio (44,431 to 42,637).
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01...r-than-those-of-other-power-five-conferences/
