Mission
A nonprofit founded by teachers for students, the Garden State Esports mission is to create high-quality, student-centered experiences through scholastic esports by providing the learning, competition, and the community needed for ALL students to use esports as a platform to grow.
Vision
To ensure that ALL students possess the knowledge and skills needed to be society’s game changers: educated, productive, and empathetic individuals.
Values
Learning. Community. Opportunity. Diversity.
Why Join Garden State Esports?
Free To Join. Free To Play. Always.
Our bottom line will always be to your students, not to investors. All GSE competitions, resources, and events will always be free. During the 2021-2022 school year alone, schools saved over $210,000 in for-profit league dues by joining Garden State Esports!
Run By NJ Educators For NJ Schools And Students
GSE isn’t our job, it’s our passion. Everyone at GSE is a full-time NJ educator. Together we have 200+ years combined teaching experience. We know your schools, we know your kids, and we know how to help make esports meet the learning goals of your school district.
Play Against Local Teams Using A Familiar Schedule
GSE does all the scheduling and match making so schools don’t have to. We group all GSE teams into their traditional athletic conferences to make sure they play against schools they’ve heard of! Our 3:30 start time and three season schedule follows the athletic schedule that schools and students know.
Earn Varsity Letters
195 colleges are offering more than $16 million in esports scholarships for talented players and support staff. Every college and university in NJ has an esports program. GSE will work with your district to develop criteria to make sure your esports team is varsity letter eligible and stakeholders understand all the post-secondary opportunities available to students.
Supported By The NJ DoE and School Boards Association
We are proud to have the support of the NJ Dept. of Education and the New Jersey School Boards Association. Check out our latest webinar on why your district should join Garden State Esports on the resources page!
Two Ways To Play!
1. Championship Seasons are dedicated to our highest level of competiton. Schools are scheduled using their traditional conferences and group sizes to compete for a state championship with the finals played live at Rutgers University! High school teams that compete in Championship Seasons are eligible to earn varsity letters.
Fall Championship Seasons
Fortnite (Mondays)
Rocket League 3v3 (Tuesdays)
Smite (Wednesdays)
Winter Championship Seasons
Chess (Tuesdays)
Mixed Rocket League (Tuesdays)
Overwatch (Wednesdays)
Knockout City (Thursdays)
Spring Championship Seasons
Rocket League 2v2 (Tuesdays)
Super Smash Bros (Wednesdays)
Valorant (Thursdays)
League of Legends (Thursdays)
2. Friendlies matches are a way for all gamers to enjoy the thrill of esports competition. Each day teams can enjoy casual, friendly competiton against schools from around the state in a variety of games. If Championship Seasons are our varsity experience, Friendlies are the JV experience.
Monday
Fortnite Friendlies
Tuesday
Rocket League Friendlies
Chess Friendlies
Wednesday
Overwatch Friendlies
Super Smash Bros. Friendlies
Brawlhalla Friendlies
Thursday
Valorant Friendlies
Knockout City Friendlies
Mario Kart Friendlies
Friday
Competitive Minecraft
GS Esports Clubs Support The Development Of Social Emotional Learning & Career Technical Education
We Provide
Esports Can Be A Pipeline To College and Career Readiness For All NJ Students
Where We Are
Big North Conference
Burlington County
Cape Atlantic Conference
Colonial Conference
Colonial Valley Conference
Greater Middlesex Conference
131
Clubs
Hudson County Conference
Journeyman Conference
North Jersey Conference
Northwest Jersey Conference
Olympic Conference
Union County Conference
25
% Of NJ School Districts
The Shore Conference
Skyland Conference
Super Essex Conference
Tri-County
3103
Students
Whether your district is looking to get started or already has an established esports program, join us for free and compete against other New Jersey schools in daily casual competition or to earn a varsity letter. During the 2021-2022 school year alone, schools saved over $210,000 in for-profit league dues by joining Garden State Esports!
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Thank You To Our Partners!
