May 7, 2024

NACE Starleague partners with LeagueSpot

NACE

NACE Starleague, the world’s largest collegiate esports league, announced a three-year platform partnership with LeagueSpot to enable top-tier competition for almost 700 registered programs.

LeagueSpot, the leader in safe and scalable esports experiences, will build NACE Starleague’s online home, helping schools compete, communicate, and build a community for their students.

Eligible schools and universities may now register their teams for the 2022/2023 season of NACE StarLeague by visiting https://playflyesports.com/fall-2022/.

“The LeagueSpot team is thrilled to be selected as the technology provider for NACE Starleague, and we’ll be doubling down on our support and engagement in this program,” said Andrew Barnett, LeagueSpot CEO.

“Building a long-term relationship with NACE Starleague will allow us to build tools and technology that brings value to member schools that is unmatched in any other program in the industry.”

Rob Johnson, CEO of Playfly Esports also spoke on the partnership stating “As we continue our collective work on elevating collegiate esports on campuses nationwide, we are thrilled to bring LeagueSpot on board to provide unmatched technology for our participating teams and fans.”

“NACE Starleague has continued to mature over the years and supporting that growth with LeagueSpot’s platform will undoubtedly elevate the league even further.”

“The process to select our competition platform was the most thorough and collective process representing multiple committee members from NACE member institutions, operational staff and industry experts over an extended period of time. We are pleased to have identified a partner so committed to the specific needs of collegiate esports and the unique needs of varsity programs” said Michael Brooks, Executive Director of NACE.

“Collectively the tools now available to varsity, club programs and fans represent some of the best experiences in all of scholastic esports.”

The 2022/2023 NACE Starleague season will kick off on September 6 and build on record-setting numbers from the previous school year. NACE Starleague’s 2021-22 season saw 13052 students participate across 693 universities.

Within the 523 live hours broadcasted, the competition garnered more than 1.36M live views and nearly 8M minutes watched. With the recent announcement of Chess.com joining the NACE lineup, in addition to more incoming new titles, the upcoming school year will continue to demonstrate the continued growth of collegiate esports.