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, Brill leaves a legacy of innovation in sports analytics as he steps into the professional arena.…Read More
A team of students from Lambert High School in Suwanee, Georgia, clinched first place at the second annual Wharton High School Data Science Competition, a global, virtual event that attracted more than 490 teams from 34 countries. Hosted by the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) in collaboration with the Wharton Global Youth Program, the 2025 competition challenged participants to analyze more than 5,300 NCAA Women’s Basketball games, applying data science techniques to rank teams and predict game outcomes.…Read More
We are thrilled to announce that the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) and the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) are entering into a new partnership with PFF FC, a soccer-based spinoff of the best-in-class sports analytics group PFF. During this research project, WAIAI, WSABI, and PFF FC will examine extensive player tracking and event data to develop advanced models for analyzing player performance, focusing on games from the English Premier League (EPL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.…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
Diego Alvarez, a high school junior from Veracruz, Mexico, has always been passionate about sports. This summer, he attended the Wharton Moneyball Academy, and channeled that passion into a meaningful and empowering education in sports analytics. …Read More
This summer, the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) hosted its second Sports Analytics Research Lab, an intensive program designed to deepen students’ expertise in data science and statistics through hands-on research in sports analytics. We caught up with Wharton students Sofia Boubsis and Justin Hughes to hear how their summer went. …Read More
Wharton Moneyball – the popular Sirius XM radio show hosted by Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of Analytics at Wharton, Shane Jensen, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, and Faculty Co-Director of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative Cade Massey and Adi Wyner – celebrated its 10-year anniversary in March, marking a decade of insightful, free-flowing, and data-backed conversations about the world of sports and statistics.…Read More
This winter, into spring, more than 280 teams of high school students from around the globe competed in the first ever Wharton High School Data Science Competition, hosted by the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) and Wharton Global Youth Program. The data competition saw teams of 3-5 students competing to make predictions about the playoff outcomes of the North American Soccer League – a synthetic professional women’s league, with 30 teams and a treasure trove of sports analytics data points and variables.…Read More
In January, FanDuel CEO Amy Howe, WG’99, joined the Wharton Sports Business Club for a discussion about the intersection of sports, business, and analytics. Wharton Sports Business and Analytics Initiative (WSABI) caught up with her afterward to continue the conversation.…Read More
