NHTI Athletics Launching Esports in 2020

CONCORD, NH (NHTI) – Paul Hogan the Athletic Director at New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) announced
today the plan to launch esports as a collegiate sport in 2021.

ESports are multiplayer video games played competitively for spectators just like traditional collegiate athletics.
The NHTI esports program will perform in games such as League of Legends, Overwatch and Rainbow Six in
year one.

"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," said Hogan.

he idea will be for NHTI to have interested individuals to practice amongst themselves in fall 2020 months
before competing versus other colleges in spring 2021. 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.
"NHTI has received a great deal of interest in the esports area and along with our NHTI animation and graphic
game programming associate's degree, this is a perfect fit."

For interested students contact NHTI Athletic Director Paul Hogan (Email: nhtiathletics@ccsnh.edu, Phone:
603-230-4041)