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Save the Date! Registration for the 2027 competition, Football Player Performance Predictions, opens on December 1, 2026.
The Wharton High School Data Science Competition is a free, experiential sports analytics competition from the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative, supported by the Wharton Global Youth Program. It delivers valuable data, analytics and team-building experience.
Each year, the competition centers on an exciting sport. Teams of high school students analyze data to rank teams or players, predict outcomes, and explore sports performance statistics.
2025-2026 Data Science Competition by the Numbers
About the Competition
Now in its third year, the Wharton High School Data Science Competition, presented by Google Gemini, is a free, two-month program that introduces students to team dynamics and real-world problem-solving through sports analytics. This global competition is school- and team-based and open to all current high school students.
Building on the success of prior years, the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative continues to deliver an engaging annual challenge using comprehensive data from a professional sports league. Working with a robust sports dataset, teams of high school students analyze data, generate insights, and make predictions based on their findings.
Why Should You Compete?
Participating in the Wharton High School Data Science Competition is a fantastic way to develop your data analysis and prediction skills through the lens of sports, all while having fun with your friends. You can apply the experience and problem-solving skills you develop through this competition to your everyday life outside of sports analytics.
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