Athletic director announces plan to launch esports as a collegiate athletics program.
CONCORD Get your keyboards ready: eSports are coming to ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½! Athletics director Paul Hogan has announced plans to launch esports as a collegiate program in 2021.
eSports are multiplayer video games played competitively for spectators, just like traditional collegiate athletics. In its inaugural year, the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ esports program will compete in , , and Rainbow Six.
We are very excited to add esports as a club offering in the 2020-21 academic year with plans for the 2021-22 year competing at the collegiate level of competition, says Hogan.
The program will be led by professor Chad Johnson, who will serve as the academic advisor, with help from student coordinators Tanner Chamberlain and Vanessa Ruetz.
ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ has received a great deal of interest in the esports area, says Hogan. With ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s animation and graphic game programming associates degree, this is a perfect fit.
Interested students are encouraged to contact [email protected] or 603-230-4041. Practices begin in fall 2020, and competition will open in spring 2021.