Introduction
The Baltimore County Interscholastic Athletic Program
is organized within the framework of the Maryland Public
Secondary School Athletic Association (MPSSAA) which is
an affiliate of the National Federation of State High
School Associations. A total of 28 sports are available
to our students within Baltimore County’s twenty-four high schools.
Varsity teams compete in four different classification
levels À »4A,… »3A,… »2A,…
and »1A… À in a schedule built around
a core of intra-county competition. At the conclusion
of each sport season, varsity teams have the opportunity
to qualify for county, regional, and state level tournaments.
The majority of schools offer ten boys, ten girls, and
eight coeducational teams.
Junior varsity competition is also available
in 17 of the 28 sports offered, along with opportunities for
additional post season play at the county level.
Baltimore County boasts the largest athletic
program in the state of Maryland with over 1400 coaches and
12,000 student-athletes (49% of the student population, grade
9 through 12) participating yearly. Baltimore County also
sports the largest total percentage of female participants
in any interscholastic athletic program in the state
.
Beginning with the 1994-95 school year,
the Allied Sports Program was introduced to address needs
of our students with disabilities. You may read about this
program on our Allied Sports Program page.
The Baltimore County Public School Interscholastic
Athletic Program is committed to promoting the proper ideals
of sportsmanship, ethical conduct and fair play at
all athletic contests. We oppose instances and activities
which run counter to the best values of athletic competition
in order to insure the well-being of all individual student-athletes.
We support high standards of good citizenship and propriety,
along with regard for the rights of others.
The Baltimore County Public Schools support
the philosophy that a quality interscholastic athletic program
is vital to the positive social, emotional, physical, and
educational development of students. The interscholastic athletic
program enhances and supports the mission of the school system
to increase student achievement as evidenced by the county
wide All-Academic team and the statewide »Minds in Motion…
program.
The Baltimore County Public Schools take
pride in the academic proficiency of our student-athletes.
The Baltimore County All-Academic Team has been established
by the Coaches’ Association of Baltimore County to recognize
the student-athletes who have demonstrated academic excellence
by maintaining a 3.0 average or better (out of a possible
4.0) while participating in interscholastic athletics. At
the state level, to further stress the importance of academics
in the athletic arena, the MPSSAA sponsors the »Minds
in Motion… Award program for those students that achieve
a 3.25 average or above (out of a possible 4.0) while participating
in interscholastic athletics.
Annually, the Coaches’ Association
of Baltimore County selects a senior female and male Scholar-Athlete.
These outstanding graduating student-athletes are selected,
based on their scholastic achievement and athletic contributions
during their four year career, from a pool of nominees representing
each high school in the county. The award is presented at
a Board of Education meeting and consists of a monetary stipend
and commemorative plaque.
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6901 North Charles Street
Towson, Maryland 21204
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