New York State Public High School Athletic Association

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New York State Public High School Athletic Association

Abbreviation	NYSPHSAA
Formation	1923
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Athletic/Educational
Headquarters	8 Airport Park Blvd. Latham, New York 12110, United States
Region served	New York
Membership	768 high schools
Official language	English
Executive Director	Dr. Robert J. Zayas
Affiliations	National Federation of State High School Associations
Staff	9
Website	nysphsaa.org

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is the governing body of interscholastic sports for most public schools in New York outside New York City.^[1] The organization was created in 1923, after a predecessor organization called the New York State Public High School Association of Basketball Leagues began in 1921 to bring consistency to eligibility rules and to conduct state tournaments.^[2] It consists of 768 member high schools from the state divided into 11 geographic sections.^[3] While as its name suggests the vast majority of its members are public, it does include a number of private and Catholic high schools. Most of these are located in Central New York and the Capital District, where parallel sanctioning bodies for private schools (like the MMAA in Western New York, the CHSAA in Metropolitan New York, or various leagues in and around New York City) do not exist. It is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations as well as the New York State Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations.