California · High School
Santa Maria High
42 athletes. 5 years. 17 colleges.
Every athlete Santa Maria High has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Santa Maria, CA.
Rising
Football
FCS
13
5yr
Rising
M. Track
D1
5
5yr
Emerging
Football
D2
7
5yr
Emerging
Football
D3
4
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D1
3
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D3
3
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D1
2
5yr
Emerging
W. Basketball
D2
2
5yr
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier. Tiers recompute weekly as new college roster data lands.
Pipeline scoreboard
42
Total placements
verified college athletes
17
Unique colleges
programs recruited from
5
Sports represented
Led by football
5yr
Rolling window
2021 to 2025
Destinations
Which colleges have recruited the most players from Santa Maria High?
These are the programs actually pulling athletes from this roster. Ranked by verified placements over the last 5 years. Click any college to see your fit score against that program.
Football
→FCSRising feeder13
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as a rising feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Emerging feeder7
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D1Rising feeder5
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as a rising feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Emerging feeder4
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D1Emerging feeder3
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder3
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D1Emerging feeder2
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder2
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Football
→FBSEmerging feeder1
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D3Emerging feeder1
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D2Emerging feeder1
total placements
Santa Maria High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Santa Maria High over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Santa Maria High alumni on college rosters?
Real athletes playing right now. Scraped from live college rosters this week. Not self-reported, not seven years old, not fabricated.
Jayden Dose
Football · DL · 2025
North Central (IL)
Michael Ivory
Men's Track · 2025
San Diego
Jake Heberle
Men's Basketball · G · 2024
Chapman University
Kelly Dodson
Women's Track · DISTANCE · 2024
Westmont
Will Terry
Men's Track · SPRINTS · 2024
Colgate
13 more Santa Maria High alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Santa Maria High
What is Santa Maria High's college recruiting track record?
Santa Maria High in Santa Maria, CA has sent 42 athletes to college programs across football, basketball, and track in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,900+ NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
How many FBS football players has Santa Maria High produced?
Santa Maria High has sent 1 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, Santa Maria High is ranked as a emerging FBS football feeder nationally.
Does Santa Maria High send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Santa Maria High has sent 13 players to FCS football programs in the last 5 years, earning a rising FCS feeder rating. FCS (formerly Division I-AA) is the sub-tier of Division I football below FBS.
Does Santa Maria High produce D1 basketball players?
Santa Maria High has sent 2 men's basketball players to D1 programs in the last 5 years, ranking as a emerging D1 basketball feeder.
Where does this Santa Maria High recruiting data come from?
RawRecruit aggregates data from first-party scraping of 1,900+ college athletic rosters across football, basketball, and track. Each athlete's high school is matched against the NCES federal high school database using a state-disambiguated fuzzy matching algorithm. Tier badges are computed from percentile rankings over a rolling 5-year window.
How can athletes from Santa Maria High get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Santa Maria High can use RawRecruit's Fit Score algorithm to find personalized matches across 1,900+ schools. RawRecruit analyzes athletic fit, academic fit, positional need, geographic proximity, and cultural fit -- plus the HS pipeline data shown here -- to recommend realistic targets and identify recruiting opportunities.
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