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Playing the character-based, first-person shooter video game Valorant, the headset-wearing members of UMD’s Team Lilac crushed Northern Virginia Community College, 3-0, in the Fall 2023 National Esports Collegiate Conference Mideast Championship.
The Scholastic Esports Awards are a brand new project designed to bring together educators, students, and industry experts for a celebration of talent, dedication, and innovation within the scholastic esports space.
The US Academic Esports League (USAEL), a leading provider of esports education, today announced a partnership with the National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC), home to esports competition for more than 500 colleges and universities throughout North America.
Ignite Tournaments, a leader in competitive esports tournament organization, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with the National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC), one of the premier organizations in North American collegiate esports.
Following recommendations from a subcommittee created to explore the best way to enhance the NECC's preseason efforts and placement model, the NECC announced changes to how its preseason will work today.
Florida Tech’s newest Director of Esports, Danielle Sirekis, has been gearing up to transform the university’s esports program.
It all started with a 2017 lecture. Then-Winthrop athletic director Ken Halpin was co-teaching a class called The History and Current Issues in College Athletics with then-president Dan Mahoney. Mahoney focused on the “history” side of it, Halpin on “current issues.”
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The National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC) shared information about its tournament offerings for the upcoming fall semester. The NECC is planning on offering 12 tournaments spanning eight titles during the fall.
The National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC) announced the creation of "Project I," an initiative designed to advance and promote collegiate esports. Project I aims to bring together NCAA Division I schools in a new competitive format.
The trophy cabinet for the Illinois Wesleyan University Esports Program is getting full. With teams devoted to video games like Super Smash Bros, League of Legends, Overwatch and Valorant, players have been dominating in the virtual arena — earning several regional and national titles. 
The National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC) announced today that is has extended its partnership with Bye Blue Light, a leader in customized eyewear protection for collegiate esports athletes.
“Gaming is for everyone” is the mantra of the founder and director of the OU Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation program. 

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