From on-campus academies to online courses, the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative offers high school students hands-on programs in sports analytics and sports business, taught by Wharton faculty and industry practitioners. Programs range from one-week introductions to three-week deep dives, each culminating in a student research or capstone project.
Moneyball Academy
Rising high school juniors and seniors build a foundation in statistics and probability, learn to program in R, and apply data science methods to real sports datasets. Students complete a team capstone project, and select work may be published in the Wharton Sports Analytics Journal. Guest speakers from professional sports organizations join throughout the program.
Format: On-campus, Philadelphia
Moneyball Academy: Training Camp
High school students explore statistics through a sports lens over one week. Wharton faculty and guest lecturers cover foundational concepts in statistics, regression, and probability, and introduce students to R programming. Students complete a sports analysis project by the end of the week, building a strong foundation for further study in sports analytics.
Format: Online, Synchronous
Moneyball Academy: Training Camp FLEX
Students work through the same curriculum as Training Camp at their own pace, through asynchronous statistics and R coding modules. Live sessions with faculty and teaching assistants add structure and connection along the way. Students complete a team sports analytics project by the end of the program.
Format: Online, Self-paced
Sports Business Academy
Students explore the business side of sports, including leagues, media, marketing, labor issues, and social impact. Wharton faculty and industry guest speakers lead lectures and case discussions, and students complete a capstone project analyzing an emerging professional sports league.
Format: Online, Synchronous
Student Spotlight
Scholarship Student Diego Alvarez Gains Skills and Confidence in Wharton Moneyball Academy
Diego Alvarez, a high school junior from Veracruz, Mexico, arrived at Wharton Moneyball Academy as a lifelong sports fan and left with a new fluency in data. Alvarez, who does not have access to advanced statistics coursework at home, credits Professor Adi Wyner, his classmates, and program TAs for helping him close the gap. Over three weeks, he and his team built a new metric — “nastiness” — to identify undervalued pitchers, reframing how teams might approach trade deadlines and drafts.
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