The governing body of College and High School League of Legends and VALORANT in North America
Govern varsity competition for Riot’s games and foster the development of gaming as a meaningful and complementary part of the high school and college experiences.
Gaming serves to enrich the core college experience, not replace it. Ensure that students have the ability to focus on their education first, then gaming.
Develop systems and tools that ensure long-term health and stability for Riot, schools, conferences, students, and fans.
Uphold legitimacy, fairness, and transparency across all phases of competition.
Head of Amateur and Scholastic
Matt Nausha leads Riot Games’ Amateur and Scholastic Esports efforts in North America, including college, high school, and semi-pro competitions. He is also an an instructor at UCI as part of their esport certificate program.
He most recently served as the Head of Esports for Counter Logic Gaming. Matt is also experienced in the college athletics governance space, having served as co-commissioner of the Southern California Collegiate Volleyball League.
He holds an MA and BA from Azusa Pacific University.
Operations and Championships Lead
J.T. Vandenbree leads league operations and championships for RSAA and is responsible for the long-term structure, rules, and format of the college season.
He brings lessons learned from ten years of esports experience organizing international, professional, developmental, and amateur competitions.
He is an alumnus of the University of California, San Diego.
Competitive Operations
John Gallagher manages competitive operations for both College League of Legends and VALORANT. John has an extensive tenure within the college esports space, most recently serving as an account manager at Battlefy and as the operations lead on the CLOL project.
John brings with him a long career in esports, having organized many competitive gaming events for a variety of titles for over a decade.
He is an alumnus of Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology.
