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IMG Academy is a preparatory boarding school and sports training destination in Bradenton, Florida, United States. The organization is set across over 600 acres (243 ha) and features programs consisting of sport camps for young athletes, adult camps, a boarding school, including a post-graduate/gap year program, events, professional and collegiate training, group hosting, and corporate retreats.
In April 2023, Endeavor announced the sale of IMG Academy to BPEA EQT for $1.26 billion. On June 28, 2023, the deal was completed.
IMG Academy currently sits on of land, and in 2011, IMG paid $7.5 million for an additional adjacent to the current campus for future expansion. In 2014, IMG purchased an additional . The land borders IMG's west campus, where the sports performance academy is undergoing a $198 million expansion.
The IMG Pendleton School was founded in 1999 as a co-educational, college preparatory school for athletic students. In 2012, the school changed its name to "IMG Academy". It delivers both academics and athletics.
In 2021, the school's football team faced off against Bishop Sycamore in which they won in a 58–0 rout. Bishop Sycamore received scrutiny after the game and its existence was questioned.
On April 25, 2023, parent company Endeavor agreed to sell IMG Academy to private equity firm BPEA EQT at a value of $1.25 billion – the sale was completed in June 2023.
In 1987, thirty-two academy students or former students were in the Wimbledon draw and twenty-seven were in the U.S. Open. Famous past students include Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Jim Courier, Kei Nishikori, Alejandro Tabilo, Anna Kournikova, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova. Current students include Michael Mmoh.
The academy traced its roots back to Project 2010 which highlighted ways U.S. Soccer could make the senior men's national team a legitimate threat to win the World Cup by the end of the decade. Two programs that were born from Project 2010 were Generation Adidas (previously called Project-40) and the Bradenton Academy. The academy was started in January 1999 with the backing of IMG and Nike, but was closed in 2017 due to the proliferation of U.S. Development Academy programs.
Its basketball alumni include Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell and Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac, the 6th overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft. In 2017, IMG Academy had its first two selections to the McDonald's All American Game: Trevon Duval was selected to the boys game and Rellah Boothe was selected to the girls game. In 2018, Anfernee Simons entered directly from the academy to the 2018 NBA draft, becoming the second player in the academy's history to do so and the first American to enter and be selected in an NBA draft directly after graduating from high school since the league first implemented age restriction rules in 2005
During the preparation for the 2017 NBA draft, the IMG Academy hosted their first ever draft combine. The Professional Basketball Combine was held as an alternative (mainly for seniors) to measure their abilities and potentially give them the chance to enter the NBA, if not allow them the chance to play in the NBA G League or even overseas, with nearly every participant that year doing exactly that. Currently, four players that participated in the event signed to enter the NBA properly, with eight of them going overseas and 11 players entered the G League. The event would be held once again in 2018, gaining more popularity that year with the participation of former UCLA player and current professional player LiAngelo Ball.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire WNBA 2020 season was held there. Under a plan approved on June 15, 2020, the shortened 22-game regular season was held without fans present.
+ IMG Academy - Racial and ethnic composition
!Race
!Pop 2022
!% 2022 | ||
| White (NH) | 561 | 43.2 |
| Black or African American (NH) | 104 | 8.0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 12 | 0.9 |
| Asian Americans (NH) | 393 | 30.3 |
| Pacific Islander (NH) | 2 | 0.2 |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 0 | — |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 2 | — |
| Hispanic or Latino | 227 | 17.5 |
| Total | 1299 | 100.1 |
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