Table 1.
Estimated Number of Division I NCAA Student-Athletes with Sickle Cell Trait
| Black | Hispanic | Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baseball | 43 | 3 | 18 | 64 |
| Basketball | 384 | 1 | 9 | 393 |
| Bowling | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fencing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Field hockey | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Football | 833 | 3 | 26 | 863 |
| Golf | 13 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Ice hockey | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Lacrosse | 6 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| Rifle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 11 | 1 | 12 | 24 |
| Rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skiing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soccer | 68 | 4 | 23 | 95 |
| Softball | 28 | 2 | 9 | 39 |
| Squash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming/diving | 8 | 1 | 17 | 26 |
| Sync. swimming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team handball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennis | 22 | 2 | 10 | 34 |
| Track, outdoor | 430 | 4 | 29 | 463 |
| Volleyball | 40 | 1 | 9 | 50 |
| Water polo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Wrestling | 11 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| All sports | 1,918 | 25 | 204 | 2,147* |
*
This number is multiplied by 0.989 to calculate the number of athletes identified by sickle cell solubility testing = 2,123 athletes.