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January 16, 2020 DANBURY, CT  – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (“ECAC”) and Collegiate Sports Management (“CSMG”) announced today a long-term partnership for ECAC Esports that promises to propel the ECAC’s growing esports profile and footprint nationally as it assumes an ever-increasing leadership role within the landscape of intercollegiate esports. The deal makes CSMG the exclusive…

Media Contact: Barry Wygel | Baker Public Relations O: 518.426.4099 | M: 518.902.1225 barry@bakerpublicrelations.com www.bakerpublicrelations.com December 19, 2019 Hudson Valley Gamer Con Awarded $157,324 through 2019 Regional Economic Development Council Money will help fund grow the largest esports gathering in the Capital Region   Albany, N.Y. – HV Gamer Con 2020 which includes partners Albany…

DANBURY, CT (November 13, 2019) The ECAC today announced a deal with DreamSeat LLC, naming the seating and furniture company the official gaming chair of ECAC Esports.  Based in Commack, New York, DreamSeat manufactures high-quality furniture with their patented, interchangeable logo system.  The XZipit system allows high quality embroidered logo panels to zip in and…

(DANBURY, Conn) The ECAC and Riot Games, creator of League of Legends, announced today a three-year partnership to launch ECAC League of Legends.  Twenty ECAC member schools will participate in the league, with competition to commence in January.  The ECAC League of Legends champion will earn a spot in the National League of Legends tournament and play…

Millville, NJ – Popular South Jersey snack company, Chank’s Grab-N-Go, has teamed up with the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) for a partnership that will both add great value to the ECAC and drive Chank’s business as well as their rebranding effort through access to over 225 ECAC members and ECAC championship venues. The collaboration…

Media Contact: Eliza Bianco | Baker Public Relations O: 518.426.4099 | M: 518.339.6698 eliza@bakerpublicrelations.com www.bakerpublicrelations.com   Major announcement comes as video game players across the U.S. celebrate National Video Games Day   Albany, N.Y. – The largest collegiate esports event in the Northeast is once again coming to Albany April 4 and 5. HV Gamer…

DANBURY, Conn – As the ECAC Esports program enters its third year, its numbers have swelled to nearly fifty participating schools and has added Rocket League and Madden to the lineup of games offered. Well over 200 teams will participate in ECAC Esports competition this year, up dramatically from the 107 that competed last year.  The…

DANBURY, Conn. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced its  2018-2019 ECAC Esports Major Award Winners. Aidan Hoskey (Siena College) – ECAC Esports Freshman of the Year Game: Fortnite Fun Fact: Last summer Aidan interned with the Brooklyn Nets doing computer programming helping to build scouting reports. Aidan (Class of 2022) studies Computational…