We are! Sixty-four years ago on January 26, 1946 representatives from local school systems and the Maryland State Department of Education met at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in downtown Baltimore to establish the framework for a state high school athletic association to replace the loosely organized "Playground Athletic League".
Thomas Ferguson, the State Director of Physical Education, was the driving force behind what eventually became the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association that we know today. William Brish, Assistant Superintendant from Prince George's County, became the inaugural President of the newly formed MPSSAA. Sixty-four years and 41 Association Presidents later the planning of those pioneering school representatives has stood the test of time. Today's MPSSAA serves over 110,000 student-athletes and administers 24 State Championships across Maryland.
