2012-2013 UIL Anabolic Steroid Testing Report

Date: Jul 26, 2013
Category: General Information

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The UIL Anabolic Steroid Testing Report for the 2012-13 school year has been released by the UIL. The statistical report of the testing program that took place between September 2012 and May 2013 includes information such as the total number of tests conducted, the number of positive results and the breakdown of student-athletes tested by sport and gender.

Of the 3,351 tests conducted, there were nine (9) confirmed positive results and two (2) protocol violations, both for unexcused absence at the time the test was administered.

Of the 201 schools where tests were conducted, 3,119 boys were tested representing 11 sports and 233 girls were tested representing 10 sports. The sports with the most student-athletes tested were football for males (1363) and soccer for females (29).  The total number of student-athletes tested for each sport, includes multiple sport participants. Therefore, the individual sport numbers will differ from the total number of athletes tested. Overall, there were 1,057 senior student-athletes tested, the most of any grade level.

The complete 2012-2013 UIL Anabolic Steroid Testing Report follows.

3,119 boys were tested representing 11 sports

233 girls were tested representing 10 sports

201 schools were tested

Breakdown of Tests Conducted by Grade and Gender:

·       9th grade - Females: 44, Males: 661

·       10th grade - Females: 72, Males: 664

·       11th grade - Females: 45, Males: 808

·       12th grade - Females: 68, Males: 989

Breakdown of Tests Conducted by Sport:

A multisport athlete will be represented more than once in this list.  Therefore, the individual sport numbers will differ from the total number of athletes tested.

·       Male Baseball: 670

·       Male Basketball: 55

·       Male Cross-Country: 12

·       Male Football: 1363

·       Male Golf: 15

·       Male Soccer: 35

·       Male Swimming: 7

·       Male Tennis: 15

·       Male Track & Field: 27

·       Male Wrestling: 10

·       Male Multi-sport: 914

·       Total Male: 3,123

 

·       Female Basketball: 26

·       Female Cross-County: 4

·       Female Golf: 5

·       Female Soccer: 29

·       Female Softball: 23

·       Female Swimming: 12

·       Female Tennis: 13

·       Female Track & Field: 15

·       Female Volleyball: 34

·       Female Multi-sport: 68

·       Total Females: 229

·       Total Number of Positives: 9

·       Total Number of Protocol Positives: 2

 

A protocol positive results when a student-athlete violates UIL steroid-testing protocol. Both protocol violations resulted from the selected students having unexcused absences at the time the test was administered.

 

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