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Abbreviation | IGHSAU |
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Legal status | Association |
Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
Headquarters | 5000 Westown Parkway, Suite 150 West Des Moines, Iowa 50266, United States |
Region served | Iowa |
Membership | 369 high schools[1] |
Official language | English |
Executive Director | Erin Gerlich[2][3] |
Affiliations | National Federation of State High School Associations (affiliate) |
Staff | 16 |
Website | ighsau.org |
Remarks | (515) 288-9741 |
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) is the governing body for girls' junior and senior high school sports in the U.S. state of Iowa. The association promotes and regulates interscholastic sports among its member schools. Though its counterpart for boys sports in Iowa, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, is a full-time member of the National Federation of State High School Associations, the IGHSAU is only an affiliate member. It is headquartered at 5000 Westown Parkway, Suite 150,West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.
Sports currently overseen by the IGHSAU are basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.[4]
Sports previously overseen by the IGHSAU were gymnastics, synchronized swimming, and indoor track and field.