PLANO, Texas, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Learfield IMG
College announced today the addition of "Rocket League" as a
featured game title for its esports events and league through a
direct agreement with Psyonix.
Notably, Rocket League will be the centerpiece for Learfield IMG
College's upcoming nationwide Level Next Rocket League Spring
Showcase, which opens up for student registration today.
Large-scale events, like the Spring Showcase, also will be
complemented by year-round content creation and school-specific
tournaments.
In addition to featuring Rocket League, Learfield IMG College
introduces Unilever as a cornerstone Level Next sponsor with
significant engagement this spring. Free and open to all college
students attending a four-year accredited university, the Level
Next Rocket League Spring Showcase will begin on May 10, with registration starting today. The
four-week competition – with an estimated 1,500 college students
expected to participate – provides a unique avenue for Unilever to
leverage its United for America program and help create awareness
for the pervasive issue of food insecurity on U.S. college
campuses. As a Level Next Rocket League Spring Showcase cornerstone
sponsor, Unilever will donate one million meals to Feeding America
to create awareness for food insecurity on campuses and to promote
its National Day of Service on May
14.
"We're thrilled to be working with Psyonix to incorporate such a
popular, endemic game title like Rocket League into our Level Next
events and broadcasts," said Learfield IMG College EVP/Managing
Director – Media and Partnerships Group Rick Barakat. "We have an
exciting Spring Showcase planned for college students across the
country, and we appreciate the support of Unilever as this is an
exceptional platform to elevate their important give-back
initiatives on college campuses nationwide."
College students can register online now for the Level Next
Rocket League Spring Showcase via LevelNextEsports.com. With a
$125,000 total cash prize pool,
participants will compete for a share of the $75,000 competition prize pool. The other
$50,000 will be awarded to 20 college
esports programs through a Twitter competition. In its second
season, Level Next's Twitter Competition encourages schools to post
and promote the tournament on their respective social channels
using the #LevelNextShowcase hashtag. The fall competition reached
more than 2.1 million people as the University
of South Dakota's esports program, USD Esports, won the
$15,000 first place prize. College
esports programs can sign up to participate at
levelnextesports.com/twittercompetition.
Esports fans can expect game streams to include red zone-style
whip around coverage and top shoutcasters, player bios, stories,
and highlights, along with the radio voices of major universities
and Rocket League influencers and celebrities. More than 40 hours
of gameplay for the Spring Showcase will stream live on Level
Next's official Twitch channel – twitch.tv/levelnextgg.
Level Next, which launched in October
2020 with publisher Electronic Arts (EA), is the largest
intercollegiate esports league. It is also the first league to be
supported by official school branding and athletics marketing
assets. The Level Next spring series programming will be streamed
on its official Twitch channel. For more information on official
rules and registration details for the Level Next Rocket League
Spring Showcase, visit LevelNextEsports.com.
About Rocket League
Winner or nominee of more than 150
"Game of the Year" awards, Rocket League is one of the most
critically-acclaimed sports games of our generation. Rocket
League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and
vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid,
physics-driven competition. Available on Nintendo Switch™,
PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox
Series X|S, and PC on Epic Games Store, Rocket League
includes nearly endless customization possibilities, a
fully-featured offline season mode, multiple game types, casual and
competitive online matches, and special "Mutators" that let you
change the rules entirely.
To learn more about Rocket League, please
visit www.RocketLeague.com, "Like" it on Facebook, and follow
it on Twitter @RocketLeague for all the latest developer
updates and news.
About Learfield IMG College
Learfield IMG
College is the leading media and technology services company
in intercollegiate athletics. The company unlocks the value of
college sports for brands and fans through an omnichannel platform
with innovative content and commerce solutions for fan engagement.
The Learfield IMG College suite of services includes licensing and
multimedia sponsorship management; publishing, audio, digital and
social media; data analytics; ticketing, ticket sales and
professional concessions expertise; branding; campus-wide business
and sponsorship development; and venue technology systems.
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the
company has long had the privilege of being an advocate for
intercollegiate athletics and the student-athlete experience. Since
2008, it has served as title sponsor for the acclaimed Learfield
IMG College Directors' Cup, supporting athletic departments across
all divisions.
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