Building Tomorrow’s Sports Analysts Today

Inspiring Underrepresented Students to Excel in STEM

Through Sports Analytics

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Transform Your Passion into Expertise:

Sports Analytics Camp 2025

A Free, Immersive Experience Where Data Meets Sports

Key Program Details:

Cost: FREE

Eligibility: High school students

Locations & Camp Dates:

  • Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte): June 22-27 (Overnight Camp)

  • Los Angeles (USC): July 7-10

  • New York City (Columbia University): July 21-24

Core Program Features:

  1. Analyze Like a Pro: Master the techniques professional analysts use to break down game film. Learn to spot patterns, analyze player performance, and understand strategic decisions that impact the game.

  2. Think Like a GM: Step into the shoes of an NBA, NFL, or MLB General Manager. Learn how analytics drive multi-million dollar decisions in player recruitment, team strategy, and resource allocation.

  3. Network with Industry Leaders: Connect directly with experts from the NFL, NBA, MLB, ESPN, and Esports. Build relationships that could shape your future career while getting insider insights from professionals who’ve made it in the field.

  4. Debate and Analyze Sports: Dive into GOAT debates using data-driven analysis. Learn how to support arguments with statistics and develop critical thinking skills valued in the sports industry.

Camps are 100% FREE!

Who We Are?

  • Founded in 2020 by John Tobias (ESPN Statistician & UNC-Charlotte Sports Analytics Professor)

  • To teach sports analytics to underrepresented minority and female high school and college students by broadening the appeal of STEM and providing the proper resources to breed successful careers in the sports analytics industry.

  • To develop a national network of Sports Analytics Summer Camps where high-school and college students meet professionals in the sports industry and are educated on how analytics impacts several genres in sports.

Roadmap

 

What is the problem?

The significant gap in the number of minorities and women in the sports analytics field.

How are we solving the problem?

Establishing free sports analytics summer camps across the country to bring awareness, followed by access, followed by opportunity.

Why do we need your partnership?

To help create more summer camps and opportunities like this for minority and female high school and college students at absolutely no cost to the students.

  • According to Front Office Sports, “African Americans & Hispanics make up less than 9% of sports stats & analytics jobs in the United States.”

  • According to Forbes, “Women hold only about 13% of sports analytic jobs in the United States.”

  • The lack of knowledge, access and resources are primary reasons that leads to the lack of opportunities

  • There are few proposed reasons for the gender gap including a lack of STEM education for women at young ages and a lack of mentorship in the sports analytics industry.

Meet the Team

John Tobias

Founder

About

From courtside to the classroom, John Tobias has witnessed the pulse of sports from a unique vantage point. For 15 years, he’s crunched numbers behind the scenes as a TV Sports Statistician, his expertise gracing the Olympics, the roaring stadiums of the World Cup, and countless college arenas across America. His unique perspective has given him insights that are reshaping the field of sports analytics.

Amidst the dazzling athleticism, John noticed a troubling silence. In a sea of faces, diversity was startingly absent: one African American colleague, a single female peer, not a Latino in sight. This glaring disparity wasn’t just limited to the broadcast booths—it echoed through the analytics departments of professional sports franchises nationwide. This is not just a problem; it's a call to action.

That’s when John decided to rewrite the playbook. Enter Strength in Numbers – a non-profit born from John’s vision to transform the landscape of sports analytics. As the Sports Analytics and Program Director at UNC-Charlotte, John isn’t just teaching numbers; he’s fostering a revolution. His mission? To ensure that the next generation of sports analysts reflects the diversity in the field and the stands.

Through Strength and Numbers and his academic role, John is working to transform the landscape of sports analytics, opening doors for underrepresented groups and enriching the field with broader perspectives.

"It's quite problematic to see such a lack of diversity in the sports analytics industry for so many years,” says Tobias. "But this isn't necessarily an indictment on any sports network or professional franchise. The main issue is simply a lack of awareness. Many underrepresented groups who love sports and data don't know these wonderful positions exist. Therefore, it starts with awareness, which leads to access, which then leads to opportunity. It's my mission to create a level playing field and increase diversity in the sports stats and analytics industry.”

 

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