04/15/2024 – Esports Spring Championship Update

April 15, 2024 Athletic Department Blog Updates

The postseason kicks off this week for the 2024 KHSAA Spring Esports Championships Presented by UK HealthCare.  Brackets for all seven sanctioned titles can be found at the following links:

• League of Legends (PC)
• Rocket League (PC)
• Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch)
• Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate (Nintendo Switch)
• Splatoon™ 3 (Nintendo Switch)
• Madden NFL 24 (Sony Playstation 4/5)
• NBA 2K (Sony Playstation 4/5)

The semifinalists and finalists in each sanctioned offering will compete in person on Thursday, April 25 at the UKFCU Esports Lounge at The Cornerstone on the campus of the University of Kentucky.

Please Note:

Due to increased participation in certain titles, there is going to be a short window of turnaround between the Quarterfinal rounds and the in-person events at UK.  This means that we will need to have the quarterfinalists of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate join the conference call next Tuesday, April 23.  More information will follow, but I want to make everyone aware for planning purposes.

The Quarterfinals of all titles are set to complete on the following dates:

• Rocket League = This Friday, April 19
• League of Legends = Monday, April 22
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe = Monday, April 22
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate = Tuesday, April 23
• Splatoon 3 = This Wednesday, April 17
• Madden NFL 24 = This Friday, April 19
• NBA 2K 24 = This Thursday, April 18

The schedule for the in-person championship next Tuesday will be finalized with the University of Kentucky this Wednesday, April 17.  At that time, I will send out additional information including the schedule of events and team conference call information for our in-person championship

– KHSAA –

About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.