Students Compete For Over $175,000 In Scholarships And Prizes<\/p>\n
Let the games begin! Today Collegiate StarLeague (CSL) opened registration for the 2016-2017 season in what is anticipated to be the largest tournament circuit ever hosted in collegiate eSports.<\/p>\n
Throughout the season, university and college teams will compete for a spot in the live final event in May and over $175,000 in scholarships and prizes \u2013 the biggest pot yet. This year\u2019s games include Dota 2, League of Legends, Starcraft 2, CounterStrike: Global Offensive and Vainglory.<\/p>\n
\u201cCollegiate StarLeague brings together university and college eSports athletes from across North America to share their competitive passion for gaming,\u201d said Duran Parsi, CEO, Collegiate StarLeague. \u201cWith the rapid growth of the collegiate eSports scene and our largest prize pot in league history, we expect the 2016-17 season to be one for the record books.\u201d<\/p>\n
Registration opens September 1 and runs until September 31, 2016 on www.cstarleague.com <\/a>. Students are encouraged to recruit their team and register early to guarantee a spot in the league. The first game of the season kicks off for all titles on October 8, 2016.<\/p>\n Last year, the 2015-2016 season culminated with CSL\u2019s Grand Finals hosted live at \u2018DreamHack Austin 2016\u2019, featuring fourteen teams, two live streams and over 100 broadcast hours. The winning teams were as follows:<\/p>\n \u00b7 League of Legends: Mayville University (Scholarship awarded: $15,000) Collegiate StarLeague, a division of WorldGaming, is the world\u2019s largest collegiate gaming league. Since 2009, it has awarded over $300,000 in scholarship money to student gamers from around the world, with 17,000 registered players across 600 registered schools. For more information, visit www.cstarleague.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students Compete For Over $175,000 In Scholarships And Prizes Let the games begin! Today Collegiate StarLeague (CSL) opened registration for the 2016-2017 season in what is anticipated to be the largest tournament circuit ever hosted in collegiate eSports. Throughout the season, university and college teams will compete for a spot in the live final event … <\/p>\n
\n\u00b7 DOTA 2: University of British Columbia (Scholarship awarded: $15,000)
\n\u00b7 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void: University of California, Berkeley (Scholarship awarded: $10,000)
\n\u00b7 HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft: University of British Columbia (Scholarship awarded: $10,000)
\n\u00b7 Counter Strike: Global Offensive: San Jose State University (Scholarship awarded: $5,000)<\/p>\n