Skip to main content
Add as a preferred source on Google


Missouri HS Esports Association Joins National Federation

  • By Dian Schaffhauser
  • 05/21/20
Missouri HS Esports Association Joins National Federation

A high school esports association in Missouri is signing on as an affiliate to the North America Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF). The Missouri High School Esports Association (MHSEA) has become an official statewide affiliate of NASEF, a nonprofit that runs competitions and training programs, helps set up afterschool clubs and develops esports curriculum. NASEF's activities and resources are available free.

MHSEA, which launched last year, has 50 participating schools around the state. Even under COVID-19 restrictions, association officials said, the league has continued to run esports practice and play online.

The Missouri association runs a mix of regional esports tournaments in Overwatch, League of Legends, Rocket League and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Teams will also now participate in NASEF’s national events, which offer the promise of winning scholarships and school grants.

"NASEF and MHSEA share the same purpose of providing education to schools and students through esports, as well as providing access to as many students as possible," said Tony Gragnani, president of MHSEA and principal of Hickman High School, in a statement. "The future is bright for Missouri high school esports!"

About the Author

Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.

Featured

  • tool icons with variety of business icons

    SETDA Releases Free EdTech Quality Action Toolkit

    The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has put together a free K-12 EdTech Quality Action Toolkit that provides a framework for evaluating education technology products as well as guidance on regulatory compliance, templates for communicating with vendors, training resources, and more.

  • cyber security padlock

    Report: AI Adoption Forces Trade-Off Between Speed and Identity Security

    AI adoption is forcing enterprises to trade security for speed — and identity controls are the first casualty, according to a new report from Delinea, a provider of identity security solutions for both human and AI agent identities.

  • Neon blue security locks with a single red highlight

    With AI, Cybersecurity Focus Shifts from Finding Flaws to Fixing Them

    For decades, one of cybersecurity's biggest challenges has been finding vulnerabilities before attackers do. A growing number of security professionals now say artificial intelligence is changing that equation, shifting the focus from discovering flaws to fixing them quickly enough to prevent exploitation.

  • abstract data flow

    Google Announces New Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    Google Cloud has introduced a new platform for building and managing enterprise AI agents, as the company seeks to turn its Gemini models and Vertex AI tooling into a broader system for automating business workflows.