Deante Shackleford of Belmont Abbey Wins Inaugural Conference Carolinas Esports NBA2K21 Championship
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Deante Shackleford of Belmont Abbey claimed the Conference Carolinas title in the inaugural Esports NBA2K21 Championship.
Playing as the Milwaukee Bucks, Shackleford (Shack1k) bested JC Newkirk (LordShuckles19) of Barton. Newkirk played as the Brooklyn Nets in the championship game.
Both players will receive a Conference Carolinas Esports t-shirt as part of participating in the championship game. Shackleford will also receive a Conference Carolinas championship trophy.
The final was broadcast live on Conference Carolinas’ official Twitch channel at
https://www.twitch.tv/conferencecarolinas.
Conference Carolinas partnered with Mainline and Steel Planet Esports for the 2021 NBA2K21 Championship.
Mainline, a leading Esports tournament software and management company, has teamed up with Steel Planet Esports, an affiliated venture of college multimedia rights holder Steel Curtain U, to assist in the management of Esports rights for a number of Division II, Division III, NAIA and community college conferences and universities under the newly created entity,
Launch Esports™. Using the strengths of both entities, the company will be able to immediately bring structure and continuity to conference-level play for small college conferences and schools across the U.S.
Conference Carolinas is leading the way in the endeavor and is one of the first conferences to utilize
Launch Esports™. Additional conferences are set to be announced in the coming weeks.