Lawrence Tech Esports has officially announced a new collaboration with Team Liquid, becoming one of the few esports programs in the world to work with a professional organisation.

The announcement was shared by LTU Esports on social media on Tuesday, where the organisation mentioned that this partnership will focus on helping Team Liquid better understand the college esports scene and find new ways to support and grow it.

The collaboration will also build a stronger connection between professional esports teams and students who play at the high school and college level. LTU Esports said the partnership will help create clearer paths for young players who want to move from school competitions into higher levels of esports.

Generally, partnerships like this usually lead to more chances for students to be noticed, better training and learning opportunities, shared support between schools and professional teams, bigger and better campus events, and clearer paths for students to turn their interest in gaming into real jobs in the esports industry.

For example, a major focus of this collaboration could be on the talent pipeline. This may include identifying promising LTU and high school players for future training programs, trials, or academy style opportunities, as well as possible coaching clinics and development camps.

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Similar approaches are already used in esports. Team SoloMid (TSM) has recruited students in the past from University of California, Irvine and University of California, Santa Barbara for sales and HR roles, and has also looked to form partnerships with Stanford University and University of California, Los Angeles.

While specific programs and activities have not yet been announced, LTU Esports said this is only the beginning of the partnership. New initiatives and opportunities for students are expected to be revealed as the collaboration develops.

This announcement comes at a time when Team Liquid is already racking up a series of new partnerships. Most recently, the organisation partnered with the Walrus Foundation to migrate 250 terabytes of legacy content to its decentralised storage platform, and also signed a deal with Duelbits as the title sponsor of Team Liquid’s Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) roster.

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