Students from the Wharton community recently showcased their research at the Hockey Analytics & League Operations (HALO) Conference, hosted by the Colorado Avalanche. Among the finalists, Trey Elder (University of Pennsylvania) presented PRESS: A Player-Level Forechecking Metric, co-authored with Jonathan Pipping, introducing a novel approach to measuring forechecking success using large-scale game data. Read More

The Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) and Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club (WUSBC) hosted the sixth annual Wharton Sports Business Summit on campus at the University of Pennsylvania on November 8, 2024. Read More

Ryan Brill, PhD’25, turned his passion for math and sports into a career as a Basketball Data Scientist with the NBA’s Utah Jazz. His journey at Penn was shaped by the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI), where mentorship, teaching, and research transformed his path. From building WSABI’s curriculum to presenting at national conferences, ...Read More