
And so, to be able to offer this opportunity to students to get all the benefits that sports provide - discipline, teamwork, communication, personal growth - to players that wouldn't normally have that opportunity is huge," Mulligan said. "CMS is a district of thousands of students. In the spring of 2023, the varsity sport expanded to include 21 schools throughout the CMS district and is now an officially sanctioned CMS sport.


Eight teams will compete on June 4 in North Carolina's first esports state championship.Varsity esports and STEM League is a sanctioned Charlotte-Mecklenburg school sport.
