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How Many High School Athletes Make the Pros?
By Donna Gundle-Krieg February 26, 2009 Note: to comment on this story or other stories about education in Michigan, please go to Examiner.com
Despite the many hopeful athletes in high school, a senior’s chances of going on to play in college and then the big leagues are very small, according to the High School Athletic Association.
The following percentages of high school seniors playing a sport will end up in the pros:
Football: .09% or about one in 1,000
Men’s Basketball: .03% or about one in 3,400
Women’s Basketball: .02% or about one in 5,000
Baseball: .5% or about one in 200.
For more information, see the story below: “What Are the Chances? Probability of Competing in Athletics Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level.”
To read about our family's own experience with my son's baseball aspirations, see "Will Your High School Athlete Play in College?"
See also: "College Football Signing Day: Too Much Hype Over Teen Athletes"
"School Fires Coach Who Ran Up Basketball Score"
What Are the Chances?
Probability
of competing in athletics beyond the high school interscholastic level
from the High School Athletic Association website
Men's Basketball
Less than one in 35, or approximately 2.9 percent, of high school senior boys playing interscholastic basketball will go on to play men's basketball at a NCAA member institution.
Less than one in 75, or approximately 1.3 percent, of NCAA male senior
basketball players will be drafted by a National Basketball Association
(NBA) team.
Approximately one in 3,400, or approximately .03 percent, of high school senior boys playing interscholastic basketball eventually will be drafted by a NBA team.
Women's Basketball
About 3.1 percent, or approximately three in 100, of high school senior girls interscholastic basketball players will go on to play women's basketball at a NCAA member institution.
About one in 100, or approximately 1.0 percent, of NCAA female senior
basketball players will be drafted by a Women's national Basketball
Association (WNBA) team.
Approximately one in 5,000, or approximately .02 percent, of high school senior girls playing interscholastic basketball eventually will be drafted by a WNBA team.
Football
About 5.8 percent, or approximately one in 17, of all high school senior
boys playing interscholastic football will go on to play football at a
NCAA member institution.
About 2.0 percent, or approximately one in 5.0, of NCAA senior football
players will be drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team.
Approximately one in 1,000, or about .09 percent, of high school senior boys playing interscholastic football eventually will be drafted by an NFL team.
Baseball
Less than three in 50, or about 5.6 percent, of high school senior boys
interscholastic baseball players will go on to play baseball at a NCAA
member institution.
Less than 11 in 100, or about 10.5 percent, of NCAA senior baseball
players will be drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team.
Approximately one in 200, or about .5 percent, or high school senior boys playing interscholastic baseball eventually will be drafted by a major league team.
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