Plymouth High School has cleared the way to offer an Esports “team” for the coming year to let virtual athletes compete against others and increase their skills.
A team was already in operation at Lincoln Jr. High with a game “labs” in the old Lincoln building for both a Junior High and High School team. A grant bought the state-of-the-art equipment and now the high school team has coaches: Andrew Senff and Evan Johnson. Both work in the corporation’s I.T. Department.
Professional Esports leagues are thriving all over the world with players and teams drawing some rich paydays. One recent tournament offered a $2 million purse divided up between the top four teams.
Many colleges are offering considerable scholarship money, at times up to and close to full tuition, to come and play on their Esports teams.
For the coming year, Plymouth will be a member of the Indiana Esports Network as a “club” team and the following year will be a full member of the league.
