Sports Analytics

Miss It Like Messi: Extracting Value from Off-Target Shots in Soccer
Ethan Baron, Nathan Sandholtz, Devin Pleuler, Timothy C. Y. Chan
Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (JQAS) 2024

Paper @ JQAS Best Undergrad Paper @ CORS Talk @ NESSIS Slides @ NESSIS arXiv GitHub

Boulder2Vec: Modeling Climber Performances in Professional Bouldering Competitions
Ethan Baron, Victor Hau, Zeke Weng
Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference (CMSAC) 2024

Best Student Paper @ CMSAC Talk @ CMSAC arXiv GitHub

A Foundation Model for Soccer
Ethan Baron, Daniel Hocevar, Zach Salehe
arXiv preprint

arXiv GitHub

Bike2Vec: Vector Embedding Representations of Road Cycling Riders and Races
Ethan Baron, Bram Janssens, Matthias Bogaert
10th MathSport International Conference 2023

Paper @ MathSport arXiv GitHub

RIPP: Holistic Player Evaluation with Region-Based Isolated Player Performance
Ethan Baron, Daniel Hocevar, Kabir Malik, Aaron White
Big Data Cup 2022

Undergrad Winner @ BDC Talk @ BDC PDF GitHub