SFU Sports Analytics Club

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SFU Sports Analytics Club runs successful VanSash event for second consecutive year

Peak Web October 16, 2018

On Saturday, September 22, the SFU Sports Analytics Club hosted the second instalment of VanSash at SFU Harbour Centre. The event was well received by student participants, as well as judges and mentors from organizations such as the Vancouver Whitecaps and Best Buy. Students created teams of around four people and entered one of four streams: business beginner, business experienced, soccer beginner, and soccer experienced, based on their experience and skill level. The students used exclusive data from the Vancouver Whitecaps and ORTEC (a data-analyzing company with which the Whitecaps are partnered) to create a project based on the data.…

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SFU Sports Analytics Club runs VanSash, a hackathon for students and by students

Peak Web September 11, 2018

The SFU Sports Analytics Club has been involved in many exciting projects in the past, working with professional organizations such as the Vancouver Whitecaps, the Vancouver Canucks, and Canada Basketball. What may be most impressive, however, is the club’s initiative…

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