Club Sports (Co-ed)

eSports

Club Sports (Co-ed)

Quinnipiac eSports is a competitive program that participates in the MAAC and NACE eSports Leagues. The team are back-to-back MAAC Smash Champions (2022 and 2023) and won the MAAC Valorant Championship in 2023 at the LAN championship event in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Smash and Valorant were invited to compete in the CECC National Championships in Arlington, Texas in May 2023. All titles participate in the university’s eSports Lab, an 850 square foot space in our Rocky Top Student Center that houses 24 gaming PCs and a console gaming space.

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Currently supported intercollegiate teams

League of Legends
Overwatch
Rocket League
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Valorant

eSports Lab

The state-of-the-art, 830-square-foot eSports Lab in the Rocky Top Student Center features 24 gaming spaces laid out in four rows of six seats. The layout allows for five-person team gaming as well as a four-person gaming console, a monitor for club members, mobile whiteboards and lecterns positioned around the room and suspended and wall-mounted monitors.

Learn more about eSports at Quinnipiac

The Quinnipiac University eSports lab. — Quinnipiac eSports is a competitive program that participates in the MAAC and NACE eSports Leagues.

Students play video games in the eSports Lab — The career opportunities in the field of eSports are growing at a rapid pace. The industry itself is worth more than a billion dollars globally, bringing in millions of viewers annually.

A student playing Rocket League in the eSports Lab. — We currently support intercollegiate teams in League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Valorant.

Quinnipiac students celebrate after winning a game in the eSports lab. — We provide all the equipment necessary to participate however students are welcome to bring their own if they are more comfortable with their own gear.

Quinnipiac students play video games in the eSports lounge. — The state-of-the-art, 830-square-foot eSports Lab in the Rocky Top Student Center features 24 gaming spaces laid out in four rows of six seats.

eSports gaming lab computer screens — The team are back-to-back MAAC Smash Champions (2022 and 2023) and won the MAAC Valorant Championship in 2023 at the LAN championship event in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

eSports-Focused Majors

3 students participating in a Game Design and Development class

Frequently Asked Questions About eSports

No! We provide all the equipment necessary to participate however students are welcome to bring their own if they are more comfortable with their own gear.

Players of all abilities and experience are welcome to try out for any of our teams. Also, en if you don’t make the team, the eSports lab offers open recreation hours to utilize all the gaming equipment Quinnipiac has to offer.

Yes! You can join us for intramural eSports or for open recreation hours in the lab and use our state-of-the-art gaming PCs and consoles to play your favorite games in a more casual setting.

Currently Quinnipiac does not offer scholarships for eSports athletes.