RESEARCH
Student Research
NHSSAA provides opportunities for high school students to share their research in sports analytics.
If you’re interested in submitting to the National Summit in the future, please see the submission criteria below.
Four students will present their research at the National High School Sports Analytics Summit 2025.
"MLB Draft Analysis 1980-2009: Has the MLB Draft Gotten More Accurate?"
Lukas Cleary, 11th grade, St. John’s Prep, MA
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"Using Analytics to Optimize Pickleball Player Performance"
Jayan Gandhi, 12th grade, Buckingham Browne & Nichols, MA
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"Using Machine Learning to Construct the Optimal NBA Roster"
Jaden Patel, 11th Grade, St. Paul’s School, NH
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"Jumping to New Heights: How Can Technology Be Our New Track & Field Coach?"
Arya Shah, 11th grade, Coppell High School, TX​
Five student presentations were part of the National High School Sports Analytics Summit 2024.
"Money and Sports Analytics: How Can $5.9 Million = $29.8 Million?"
Ginny Choe, 9th grade, The Winsor School, Boston, MA
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"High School Basketball Stat Keeping (With Just Me and My Phone)"
Zachary Miller
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"Should Major League Baseball Managers Consider the Pitcher When Setting the Lineup?"
Gregor Lesho, 12th grade, Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD
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"Expected Points Above Average (EPAA): A New Metric for Evaluating Football Kickers"
Jayan Gandhi, 11th grade, Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA
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"Real Plus-Minus with Neural Networks"
Lancer Analytics, Saint Francis High School Mountain View, CA
Submission
Criteria
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Presenter must be a high school student. Help from non-high school students is permitted. Only 1 submission per author is allowed.
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Submission must include a well-defined research question, data sources, methodology and clear findings.
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Exact timing per presentation will be determined once the schedule is finalized. Assume roughly 10 minutes but it may change. Research must be in the form of slides and include the following: Title page, Abstract, Methodology, Results and Discussion.
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Student research presentations will be selected by peers on our National Summit Organizing Committee.
