MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES

ATHLETIC TRENDS AT SJOTotal Athletes

Athletes in 3 sports

Percentage of Athletes in 3 Sports

Athletes in 2 sports

Percentage of Athletes in 2 Sports

Athletes in 1 sport

Percentage of Athletes in 3 Sports

2012-13

278 32 11.5% 120 43.2% 126 45.3%

2013-14

273 29 10.6% 111 40.7% 133 48.7%

2014-15

274 32 11.7% 100 35.6% 142 51.8%

2015-16

268 22 8.2% 88 32.8% 158 59%

ATHLETIC TRENDS IN SOCCER AT SJO

Total Athletes

Athletes in 3 sports

Percentage of Athletes in 3 Sports

Athletes in 2 sports

Percentage of Athletes in 2 Sports

Athletes in 1 sport

Percentage of Athletes in 3 Sports

Records

2012-13

22 0 0% 9 40.9% 13 59.1% 19-4-1

2013-14

21 1 4.8% 7 33.3% 13 61.9% 16-6-3

2014-15

25 2 8% 4 16% 19 76% 6-15-2

2015-16

32 1 3.1% 5 15.6% 26 81.2% 8-12-3

Most College Athletes Come From a Multi-Sport Background: A 2013 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine survey found that 88% of college athletes surveyed participated in more than one sport as a child

“The early teens are a difficult age because definitely you want your kids to grow up and do whatever they want to do; you don’t want to push them too hard in one particular sport. My parents allowed me to play volleyball and softball and basketball and soccer at one time and I loved it. I was playing all these other sports so it wasn’t too much wear on the soccer field and it wasn’t too much wear on a repetitive exercise.” – Alex Morgan, USA Women’s Soccer -

Chris Bates, head lacrosse coach at Princeton, says his own son Nick plays lacrosse, soccer and basketball.“He plays these sports because he loves to do so,” said Bates. “But even now, some of his coaches want him to play across several seasons...I’d frown on having my son play just one sport. There are lots of transitive properties — things like spacing, vision and defensive footwork — that he brings from one sport to the other.”