Jan. 13, 2015
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame may be located smack in the middle of the Midwest, but more of its student-athletes come from California than from anywhere else in the United States.
The widespread recruiting reach of Irish athletic programs is well-proven, with New Jersey, New York, Texas and Maryland also all ranking among the top nine states in sending student-athletes to South Bend.
The University’s institutional athletic research shows that the 708 Irish student-athletes come from 42 states (plus the District of Columbia) and eight foreign countries, based on 2014-15 squad rosters and current hometowns of parents/guardians.
States providing the most Notre Dame student-athletes are California (74), Illinois (72), New Jersey (55), Indiana (49), Ohio (47), New York (46), Texas (40), Pennsylvania (35), Maryland (29) and Michigan (27).
By gender, states sending the most male student-athletes to Notre Dame are Illinois (41), California (36), New Jersey (35), Indiana (32) and Ohio (27)—while states sending the most female student-athletes to campus are California (38), Illinois (31), New York (23) and Ohio and New Jersey (20 each).
States providing the most players to a single team’s roster were Ohio (with 12 to football), Texas (11 to football), Maryland (11 to men’s lacrosse), California (10 to football), Illinois (10 to football) and Indiana (10 to football).
States providing at least one student-athlete to the most different sports were Indiana with 19, followed by California (17), Illinois (16), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (15 each) and Michigan, Ohio, New York and Texas (14 each).
The only states that did not account for at least one Irish student-athlete in 2014-15 were Alaska, Idaho, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
The top individual cities (based on home addresses) in terms of sending student-athletes to Notre Dame are Indianapolis (eight), Granger, Indiana, Pittsburgh and San Diego (six each) and Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Dayton and South Bend (five each).
Here are the states providing the most student-athletes to each Irish men’s program: football (Ohio 12), lacrosse (Maryland 11), track and field (New Jersey nine), baseball (Illinois nine), hockey (Minnesota seven), fencing (California six), swimming and diving (California six), basketball (Indiana five), soccer (Illinois four), tennis (Texas and Arizona two each) and golf (no more than one per state).
Here are the states providing the most student-athletes to each Notre Dame women’s program: track and field (Illinois nine), softball (California eight), soccer (California seven), lacrosse (Maryland and New York seven each), basketball (Illinois six), fencing (New Jersey six), volleyball (California five), rowing (California, Illinois, Ohio and Texas five each), swimming and diving (California five), tennis (California, Indiana, New York and Georgia two each) and golf (no more than one per state).
Here’s a complete listing of the states and foreign countries supplying Notre Dame with its student-athletes in 2014-15 (number in parentheses after state indicates number of sports represented; cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field are all listed under track and field):
United States (685)
1. California (17) 74 (10 football players, 8 softball players, 7 women’s soccer players, 6 men’s swimmers and divers, 6 men’s fencers, 5 women’s swimmers and divers, 5 rowers, 5 volleyball players, 4 men’s lacrosse players, 3 baseball players, 3 women’s basketball players, 3 men’s soccer players, 3 women’s track and field athletes, 2 men’s track and field athletes, 2 women’s tennis players, 1 men’s golfer, 1 men’s tennis player)
2. Illinois (16) 72 (10 football, 9 baseball, 9 women’s track and field, 6 men’s track and field, 6 women’s basketball, 5 hockey, 5 rowing, 4 men’s soccer, 4 men’s fencing, 4 women’s soccer, 3 men’s swimming and diving, 2 women’s lacrosse, 2 volleyball, 1 women’s fencing, 1 women’s golf, 1 women’s swimming and diving)
3. New Jersey (15) 55 (9 men’s lacrosse, 9 men’s track and field, 6 women’s fencing, 5 men’s fencing, 4 women’s track and field, 3 baseball, 3 football, 3 men’s swimming and diving, 2 men’s basketball, 2 women’s basketball, 2 women’s lacrosse, 2 rowing, 2 women’s soccer, 2 softball, 1 men’s tennis)
4. Indiana (19) 49 (10 football, 7 men’s track and field, 5 men’s basketball, 4 baseball, 3 rowing, 2 men’s lacrosse, 2 women’s fencing, 2 softball, 2 women’s tennis, 2 women’s track and field, 2 volleyball, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s soccer, 1 men’s swimming and diving, 1 men’s tennis, 1 women’s basketball, 1 women’s golf, 1 women’s lacrosse, 1 women’s swimming and diving)
5. Ohio (14) 47 (12 football, 7 men’s track and field, 5 rowing, 5 women’s track and field, 3 baseball, 3 women’s basketball, 3 women’s swimming and diving, 2 men’s soccer, 2 women’s soccer, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s swimming and diving, 1 men’s tennis, 1 women’s tennis, 1 volleyball)
6. New York (14) 46 (9 men’s lacrosse, 7 women’s lacrosse, 4 football, 4 men’s track and field, 4 rowing, 3 women’s soccer, 3 men’s fencing, 3 men’s swimming and diving, 2 women’s fencing, 2 women’s tennis, 2 women’s track and field, 1 hockey, 1 women’s basketball, 1 women’s swimming and diving)
7. Texas (14) 40 (11 football, 5 rowing, 5 women’s soccer, 3 men’s soccer, 3 men’s swimming and diving, 2 men’s tennis, 2 baseball, 2 women’s basketball, 2 women’s swimming and diving, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s track and field, 1 women’s fencing, 1 women’s golf, 1 women’s lacrosse)
8. Pennsylvania (15) 35 (5 men’s swimming and diving, 4 football, 4 men’s lacrosse, 4 men’s track and field, 4 rowing, 3 women’s track and field, 2 baseball, 2 women’s lacrosse, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s golf, 1 men’s soccer, 1 women’s basketball, 1 women’s golf, 1 softball, 1 volleyball)
9. Maryland (12) 29 (11 men’s lacrosse, 7 women’s lacrosse, 2 men’s basketball, 1 baseball, 1 football, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s track and field, 1 women’s basketball, 1 women’s fencing, 1 rowing, 1 women’s swimming and diving, 1 women’s track and field)
10. Michigan (14) 27 (3 football, 3 men’s soccer, 3 rowing, 3 women’s swimming and diving, 3 women’s track and field, 2 hockey, 2 men’s swimming and diving, 2 volleyball, 1 men’s lacrosse, 1 men’s tennis, 1 men’s track and field, 1 women’s fencing, 1 women’s golf, 1 women’s soccer)
11. Florida (12) 23 (8 football, 3 men’s swimming and diving, 2 women’s fencing, 2 women’s swimming and diving, 1 baseball, 1 men’s golf, 1 men’s lacrosse, 1 men’s tennis, 1 rowing, 1 women’s soccer, 1 softball, 1 women’s track and field)
12. Minnesota (11) 21 (7 hockey, 3 women’s track and field, 2 baseball, 2 men’s soccer, 1 football, 1 men’s swimming and diving, 1 men’s tennis, 1 men’s track and field, 1 women’s fencing, 1 women’s lacrosse, 1 rowing)
13. Massachusetts (9) 18 (4 rowing, 3 football, 3 women’s lacrosse, 2 men’s basketball, 2 men’s lacrosse, 1 baseball, 1 hockey, 1 men’s swimming and diving, 1 women’s swimming and diving)
14. Virginia (9) 17 (4 women’s lacrosse, 3 rowing, 2 football, 2 men’s lacrosse, 2 men’s track and field, 1 baseball, 1 men’s basketball, 1 men’s golf, 1 women’s tennis)
15. Connecticut (9) 16 (3 men’s soccer, 3 women’s lacrosse, 2 football, 2 women’s fencing, 2 women’s swimming and diving, 1 men’s lacrosse, 1 men’s track and field, 1 rowing, 1 women’s track and field)
16. North Carolina (9) 14 (6 football, 1 baseball, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s golf, 1 men’s track and field, 1 women’s fencing, 1 women’s swimming and diving, 1 women’s track and field, 1 volleyball)
17. (tie) Georgia (6) 10 (3 football, 2 baseball, 2 women’s tennis, 1 men’s golf, 1 women’s basketball, 1 women’s track and field)
Kentucky (8) 10 (2 football, 2 women’s swimming and diving, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s soccer, 1 men’s track and field, 1 women’s swimming and diving, 1 women’s track and field, 1 volleyball)
19. Colorado (7) 9 (3 women’s soccer, 1 men’s fencing, 1 hockey, 1 men’s lacrosse, 1 women’s swimming and diving, 1 women’s track and field, 1 volleyball)
20. (tie) Washington (5) 7 (3 rowing, 1 men’s fencing, 1 women’s golf, 1 softball, 1 women’s track and field,)
Wisconsin (5) 7 (3 hockey, 1 men’s soccer, 1 women’s basketball, 1 women’s soccer, 1 women’s track and field)
22. (tie) Iowa (5) 6 (2 football, 1 hockey, 1 men’s track and field, 1 women’s basketball, 1 rowing)
Missouri (4) 6 (2 men’s track and field, 2 rowing, 1 football, 1 women’s basketball)
24. Arizona (4) 5 (2 men’s tennis, 1 football, 1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s golf)
25. (tie) New Mexico (2) 4 (3 women’s track and field, 1 football)
Nevada (3) 4 (2 football, 1 men’s golf, 1 women’s fencing)
Tennessee (4) 4 (1 football, 1 men’s soccer, 1 rowing, 1 women’s swimming and diving)
28. (tie) Hawaii (3) 3 (1 women’s golf, 1 rowing, 1 women’s track and field)
Kansas (3) 3 (1 softball, 1 women’s swimming and diving, 1 volleyball)
Nebraska (3) 3 (1 men’s soccer, 1 women’s soccer, 1 volleyball)
New Hampshire (3) 3 (1 men’s basketball, 1 men’s lacrosse, 1 men’s soccer)
Oregon (3) 3 (1 baseball, 1 men’s fencing, 1 women’s fencing)
South Carolina (2) 3 (2 football, 1 women’s track and field)
34. (tie) Alabama (2) 2 (1 rowing, 1 softball)
Washington, D.C. (2) 2 (1 football, 1 women’s fencing)
36. (tie) Arkansas 1 (football)
Delaware 1 (women’s track and field)
Louisiana 1 (rowing)
Montana 1 (women’s track and field)
Oklahoma 1 (women’s soccer)
Rhode Island 1 (rowing)
Utah 1 (men’s tennis)
West Virginia 1 (women’s basketball)
Foreign Countries (23)
1. Canada (4) 9 (4 hockey, 3 rowing, 1 men’s lacrosse, 1 men’s indoor track and field)
2. Great Britain (4) 4 (1 men’s fencing, 1 men’s golf, 1 men’s swimming and diving, 1 women’s soccer)
3. (tie) France (3) 3 (1 men’s fencing, 1 women’s fencing, 1 men’s swimming and diving
Ireland (2) 3 (2 rowing, 1 women’s tennis)
5. (tie) Austria 1 (hockey)
Singapore 1 (rowing)
South Africa 1 (men’s golf)
Switzerland 1 (men’s tennis)
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