coachjwb
Well-Known Member
Found this info in another Forum ... someone did some research of the roster of last year's Top 25 teams in the country, and came up with the following breakdown by state as to where the girls came from:
CA 127
TX 63
FL 43
AL 32
LA 27
AZ 25
GA 22
OK 20
VA 19
MO 18
MN 12
IL 10
NE 10
MI 9
TN 9
WA 8
NJ 6
OR 6
KS 5
SC 5
IN 4
IA 4
NM 4
KY 3
NY 3
OH 3
CO 2
HI 2
ID 2
NC 2
Aus 2
DE 1
MD 1
MA 1
MS 1
NV 1
PA 1
Can 1
By my quick count that totals to just a little over 500 players ... meaning about 25% are California, 12% from Texas, 8% from Florida, 6% from Alabama, etc. ... so 50%+ are from those 4 states. Just 0.6% of the players on these 25 teams are from Ohio. Interestingly, Minnesota had 12 players and Ohio only 3 (Minnesota finished in the top 25). There's probably a little bit of a chicken or the egg argument here since many of the Top 25 teams are from those areas as well. I'm sure it won't surprise a lot of people, but just thought it was some interesting data, and wanted to throw it out for information and/or discussion.
CA 127
TX 63
FL 43
AL 32
LA 27
AZ 25
GA 22
OK 20
VA 19
MO 18
MN 12
IL 10
NE 10
MI 9
TN 9
WA 8
NJ 6
OR 6
KS 5
SC 5
IN 4
IA 4
NM 4
KY 3
NY 3
OH 3
CO 2
HI 2
ID 2
NC 2
Aus 2
DE 1
MD 1
MA 1
MS 1
NV 1
PA 1
Can 1
By my quick count that totals to just a little over 500 players ... meaning about 25% are California, 12% from Texas, 8% from Florida, 6% from Alabama, etc. ... so 50%+ are from those 4 states. Just 0.6% of the players on these 25 teams are from Ohio. Interestingly, Minnesota had 12 players and Ohio only 3 (Minnesota finished in the top 25). There's probably a little bit of a chicken or the egg argument here since many of the Top 25 teams are from those areas as well. I'm sure it won't surprise a lot of people, but just thought it was some interesting data, and wanted to throw it out for information and/or discussion.
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