The District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) is the public high school athletic league in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 The league was founded in 1958. The original high school conference for D.C. schools was the Inter-High School Athletic Association

Inter-High School Athletic Association

The Inter-High School Athletic Association was a high school athletic conference active from approximately 1896 to 1958.It was formed around 1896, when the first track and field meet of the Washington, D.C. schools was inaugurated. A football championship of the schools had been conducted since...

, formed around 1896. That organization was segregated, and black schools in the District formed their own athletic association. Integration came with the formation of the DCIAA.

The DCIAA sponsors varsity championships in basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

, football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

, soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 and diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

, tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

, skiing, and track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

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Members

West

• Banneker Bulldogs
• Cardozo
  Cardozo High School (Washington, D.C.)
  Cardozo Senior High School is a secondary school at 13th and Clifton Street in northwest Washington, D.C., United States, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood....
  
   Clerks
• Coolidge Colts
• Dunbar
  Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)
  Dunbar High School is a public secondary school located in Washington, D.C., United States. The school is located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, two blocks from the intersection of New Jersey and New York Avenues...
  
   Crimson Tide
• Bell Multicultural
  Bell Multicultural High School
  Bell Multicultural High School is a public school located in the neighborhood of Columbia Heights in Washington, D.C., United States. Bell Multicultural is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. , the principal is Maria Tukeva....
  
   Griffins

• Roosevelt Rough Riders
• Wilson Tigers

East

• Academies at Anacostia Indians
• Ballou
  Ballou High School
  Ballou Senior High School is a public school located in Washington, D.C., United States. Ballou is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. The current principal is Rahman Branch...
  
   Knights
• Eastern Ramblers
• McKinley Tech
  McKinley Technology High School
  McKinley Technology High School is a public city-wide 9-12th grade high school in the District of Columbia Public Schools in northeast Washington, D.C.. The school was originally an off shoot of Central High School , was called McKinley Technical High School and was located at 7th and Rhode Island...
  
   Trainers
• H.D. Woodson Warriors
• Spingarn
  Spingarn High School
  Joel Elias Spingarn High School is a public high school located in the District of Columbia. The school is named after Joel Elias Spingarn an American educator and literary critic who established the Spingarn Medal, awarded annually for outstanding achievement by an African American.Springarn...
  
   Green Wave
• School Without Walls Penguins (East in basketball and volleyball)

Alumni

• Marvin Austin
  Marvin Austin
  Marvin Austin is an American football defensive tackle for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina.-Early years:Austin attended Ballou High School in Washington, D.C.,...
  
  , New York Giants defensive tackle (Ballou '07)
• Elgin Baylor
  Elgin Baylor
  Elgin Gay Baylor is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers....
  
  , NBA Hall of Famer (Spingarn '53)
• Arrelious Benn
  Arrelious Benn
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  , University of Illinois wide receiver (Dunbar '06)
• Dave Bing
  Dave Bing
  David "Dave" Bing is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, a businessman, and a retired American professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association , primarily for the Detroit Pistons...
  
  , NBA Hall of Famer (Spingarn '62)
• Emmanuel Burriss
  Emmanuel Burriss
  Emmanuel "Manny" Allen Burriss is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the San Francisco Giants. He is a switch-hitter who throws right-handed and has played second base, shortstop, and third base.-Early life:...
  
  , San Francisco Giants infielder (Wilson '02)
• Vernon Davis
  Vernon Davis
  -2006 rookie season:Vernon's first reception in the NFL was a 31-yard touchdown catch, against the Arizona Cardinals on September 10, 2006. He added a career-long 52-yard touchdown against the Green Bay Packers on December 10 with a short catch followed by a long run. Davis played in ten games in...
  
  , San Francisco 49ers tight end (Dunbar '03)
• Cato June
  Cato June
  Cato Nnamdi June is a free agent American football linebacker who most recently played for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. A 2006 Pro Bowl choice, June was a...
  
  , Indianapolis Colts linebacker (Anacostia '98)
• Byron Leftwich
  Byron Leftwich
  Byron Antron Leftwich is an American football quarterback in the National Football League who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars seventh overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Marshall University.Leftwich has also played...
  
  , NFL quarterback (H.D. Woodson '98)
• Gene Littles
  Gene Littles
  Eugene Scapes Littles is a retired American basketball player and current coach. He played professional basketball for six years....
  
  , former NBA player and head coach (McKinley '61)
• Jerry Porter, Oakland Raiders wide receiver (Coolidge '97)
• Kermit Washington
  Kermit Washington
  Kermit Alan Washington is an American former professional basketball player. Washington is best remembered for punching opposing player Rudy Tomjanovich during an on-court fight in 1977. The punch nearly killed Tomjanovich, and it resulted in severe medical problems that ultimately ended his...
  
  , former NBA player (Coolidge '70)
• Maury Wills
  Maury Wills
  Maurice Morning "Maury" Wills is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers , and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos...
  
  , former Major League Baseball shortstop/manager (Cardozo '51)
• Joshua Cribbs
  Joshua Cribbs
  Joshua "Josh" Cribbs is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He played collegiately for Kent State University. He holds the NFL record with eight kickoff returns for touchdowns...
  
  , Cleveland Browns wide receiver/kick returner (Dunbar '00)
• Willie J. Bennett, Jr., NCAA Football Coach (H.D. Woodson '97)