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The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) is the association that oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland. [2] Formed in 1946, the MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and independent city of Baltimore, which joined the association in 1993 when its public high schools withdrew from the earlier ...
Proposition 48 is an NCAA regulation that stipulates minimum high school grades and standardized test scores that student-athletes must meet in order to participate in college athletic competition. The NCAA enacted Proposition 48 in 1986. [1] As of 2010, the regulation is as follows:
Nicky Taghert, a student athlete from Clayton High School, became the first Missouri transgender high school athlete to apply for eligibility through MSHSAA in November of 2017. [14] To receive eligibility, Taghert had to sit out one year while she received hormone therapy treatment toward transition.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to their student athletes. Around $1.3 billion in athletic scholarship financial aid is awarded to student ...
The KHSAA rule is that students must be under age 19 as of the July 31 preceding the current academic year. This particular rule is actually codified in Kentucky Revised Statutes § 156.270(2)(e). [26] A student who is repeating a grade during high school for any reason is not allowed to compete during his or her second year at that grade level ...
The MSHSL was founded in 1916 as the State High School Athletic Association (SHSAA) in order to promote and regulate school athletics. It later expanded its mission to include fine arts programs. In 1922, SHSAA joined the National Federation of State High School Associations. In 1929, the State High School Athletic Association adopted a new ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [b] is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and 1 in Canada. [3] It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports . [ 3 ]
The 1891 Spalding's Official Athletic Guide and Handbook was published by A. G. Spalding & Bros. [125] Spalding Athletic Library's 1893 Athletes Guide was published by American Sports Publishing Company. [126] This guide was available until 1941. [127] In 1896 book No. 46 was issued, "Athletic Almanac" by J.E. Sullivan. [128]