Despite the positive health and academic outcomes associated with sport and physical activity for American youth (CDC, 2018), roughly only 1 in 5 (21.6%) youth attain the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity each day (NPAPA, 2018). Even further troubling are the existent racial disparities that foster a system such that youth of color are significantly less active than their White counterparts (Aspen Institute, 2015; Bopp, Turick, Vadeboncoeur, & Aicher, 2016). Taken together, we argue an antecedent of said disparities to be perceived welcomeness. For instance, Bopp et al. (2016) found significant differences in the perceived welcomeness in 14 sports by racially different college students. The purpose of this study is to extend that work to give a voice to the adolescents currently participating (or not) in youth sports to ascertain if racialized perceptions of welcomeness are socialized at a young age. To this end, 267 middle school students were given a questionnaire in which they were asked how welcome they thought White, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latino children felt competing in 12 different sports. Paired samples T-tests and MANOVAs will be run to analyze the data for significant differences. Results will be presented and discussed in the presentation.