Emerging Activities

The IESA Board of Directors may consider recommendations to add a new state championship or state series when a sufficient number of the member schools express interest and/or register their participation in the emerging activity. Any sport or activity for which the IESA does not conduct a state tournament series or state championship and which a member school elects to sponsor shall be considered an emerging activity.

Schools interested in participating in activities not currently offered by the IESA should register their interest by clicking on the Emerging Activity Interest Form. This form should be used to indicate your school's interest in an activity not already sponsored as an interscholastic activity by your school but offered as a club or intramural program (i.e. robotics, badminton, unified games, etc.).

Schools currently conducting a monitored emerging sport should register their participation with the IESA by clicking on the Emerging State Series Registration Form. This form should be completed by schools that are currently sponsoring as an interscholastic activity one of the monitored activities (boys soccer, girls soccer, or boys volleyball).

The IESA will utilize the interest reports to monitor the development of new activities and assist in determining when a new state championship should be considered.

IESA Emerging Activities Policy

Emerging Activity Information

• Boys & Girls Soccer - Registered & Interested Schools
• Boys Volleyball - Registered & Interested Schools

Emerging Activity Forms

The following forms are available by logging in to the IESA Member Center.

• Emerging Activity Interest Form - Schools can register their interest in an emerging activity. The IESA will utilize the interest reports to monitor the development of new activities in member schools and assist in determining when a new state championship should be considered.
  
  
• Emerging State Series Registration Form - Schools can register their participation. The IESA will utilize the registration reports to monitor the development of new sport activities in member schools and assist in determining when a new state series should be considered. This registration form requires a principal's signature.