Indiana High School Athletic Association

Indiana High School Athletic Association
(IHSAA)

Abbreviation	IHSAA
Motto	"Play On"
Formation	1903
Type	Volunteer; NPO
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Athletic/Educational
Headquarters	9150 Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA
Region served	Indiana
Membership	2009-2010 Membership 411 Full High School Members 0 Junior Members 1 IHSA Member participating in conference[1] 1 member participating in an IHSA conference in 2015.
Official language	English
Commissioner	Bobby Cox
Parent organization	National Federation of State High School Associations
Affiliations	51 High School Athletic Conferences
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 the U.S. state of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as classes, are intended to foster fair competition among schools of similar sizes. A school ranked 3A is larger than a school ranked 1A, but not as large as a 6A-ranked school. Only football has 6 classes. Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball are divided into four classes. Boys' and girls' soccer will be divided into two classes for the first time for the 2011–12 school year. All other sports compete in a single class.

Structure

See also: Indiana High School Athletic Conferences Page 1, 2, 3, or IHSAA Conference-Independent Schools

The IHSAA is divided into three board of director districts: Northern, Central, and Southern. For the State Tournament, there are two divisions. The Northern District is composed of 21 of Indiana's Counties consisting the northern third of Indiana. The Southern District is composed of the remaining 71 counties and includes all of the Indianapolis area except Madison County. It is from these two districts, the top two teams meet at the state finals usually held in or around Indianapolis. In the regular season, most of the member schools' sports activities are governed by one, sometimes two or three of Indiana's 51 Athletic Conferences.

Athletic conferences

• Allen County
• Big Eight
• Blue Chip
• Central Indiana Athletic
• Conference Indiana
• Duneland Athletic
• Eastern Indiana Athletic
• Great Lakes Athletic
• Greater South Shore Athletic
• Hoosier Athletic
• Hoosier Crossroads
• Hoosier Heartland
• Hoosier Heritage
• Hoosier Hills
• Indiana Crossroads
• Indianapolis Public
• Metropolitan Interscholastic
• Mid-Eastern
• Mid-Hoosier
• Mid-Indiana
• Mid-Indiana Football
• Midland
• Mid-Southern
• Mid-State
• Midwest Athletic
• North Central Athletic
• Northeast Corner
• Northeast Hoosier
• Northern Indiana Athletic
• Northern Lakes
• Northern State
• Northland
• Northwest Crossroads
• Northwestern
• Ohio River Valley
• Patoka Lake
• Pocket Athletic
• Porter County
• Sagamore
• Southern Athletic
• Southern Indiana Athletic
• Southwest Indiana
• Southwest Seven Football
• Summit Athletic
• Three Rivers
• Tri-Eastern
• Tri-River
• Wabash River
• West Central
• Western Indiana
• IHSAA Independents

See also

• Hoosier Hysteria
• Largest high school gyms in the United States

References

External links

• Indiana High School Athletic Association
• IHSAA School Directory - Part I
• IHSAA School Directory - Part II

		MHSAA Michigan
	IHSA Illinois		OHSAA Ohio
	Indiana High School Athletic Association Indiana
		KHSAA Kentucky