College & High School National Championships - 50 Teams and Growing

[raehl]

We already have over 50 teams registerred for the College and High School National Championships, including 35 college teams and 16 high school teams. Event info:

College and High School Paintball National Championships
by: The National Collegiate Paintball Association
on: April 27, 2002
at: Challenge Park Xtreme in Joliet, IL
brought to you through the generous contributions of: AKA, Diablo Direct, Pursuit Marketing Inc, and Challenge Park Xtreme.

FREE ENTRY AND AIR TO ALL TEAMS and $65/case for PMI Marballizer and Diablo Inferno

Entry includes FREE ADMISSION to CPX for rec play on Sunday, April 28 and participation in Sunday's 10-man exhibition. CPX is also hosting a Night Paintball game on the 27th.

Fields will be hyberball, airball, mounds, and perhaps others.

This is a 5-man event. Participation is limitted to teams of eligible players from the same college or high school. Eligible players must be full time undergraduate, graduate or high school students. There are limitted exceptions for combined teams from multiple schools and students on internships, coops and other approved leaves of absence, but approval must be obtained in advance from the NCPA President. There will be Varsity and JV college divisions. JV players must be freshmen or sophomores or have less than one year of tournament experience.

Prizes: Trophies, 1st through 4th, and one monstrous travelling Championship Cup. Other prizes will be raffled off as available.

Warning: Poor behavior will *NOT* be tolerated. Players unable to respect themselves and others will be asked to leave and they and their teams may face further disciplinary action. We actively maintain the best competitive environment for our players and referees.

Vendors wishing to attend the event should contact NCPA President Chris Raehl at raehl311@yahoo.com or at (715)720-9131. Each 5-man team represents tens to hundreds of recreational club players at their schools. These teams and clubs actively recruit and train new players for the sport and run their own recreational, tournament and scenario events.

Teams already registerred to attend include the Defending National Champion & #5 ranked University of Illinois Illini Paintball Warriors,
#1 ranked Drexel University Dragons,
#2 Purdue University Boilermakers,
#4 Michigan State University Spartans,
#6 Iowa State University Cyclones,
#7 University of Wisconsin Whitewater Warhawks,
#8 United States Military Academy Army,
#11 University of Cincinatti Bearcats,
#12 Michigan Technological University Huskies,
#13 Rutgers University Scarlet Knights,
#15 Berry College Vikings
Staying Power Contest team University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Rebels
Canadian team George Brown College
University of Arizona
Kansas State University
University of Georgia
Northern Illinois University
University of Texas Dallas
Northwest Missouri State University
& More!

- More detailed event information is available at:

www.nationals.college-paintball.com

- For NCPA Conference Events in your area:

www.tournaments.college-paintball.com

- Register online for all NCPA events at:

www.register.college-paintball.com

- To become an NCPA Contributor, please visit:

www.contribute.college-paintball.com

- Also check out college club hosted scenario and big game events at:

www.scenarios.college-paintball.com


Thanks,

Chris Raehl

[Cliffio]

WHOO HOO

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY


HOLLA



anyways

Cliff

[oneshot]

up, for this thread

watch out for Whitewater

-Russ

[Crazy]

i got a ? , does the team have to be associated with the school and aproved by the school? or just have id's to prove that the 5 members go to the same school?

[meanelvis]

Iowa State all the way

[56kSomeGuy]

How do you start a pb team/pb club in high school?

[Cliffio]

56k-go to www.college-paintball.com look to the right and find high school paintball

this should explain what u want to know


HOLLA
cliff

[raehl]

You do not need to be recognized by the school. You do need photo ID and documents proving that everyone on your team is a full time student at the same college. There are some limitted exceptions to that which you'll have to get advanced approval from me for. Pretty much all the info you need is at www.nationals.college-paintball.com.

- Chris

[Crazy]

Thanks, will school ids do ?

[raehl]

School ID's are fine for the photo ID. They may not necesarily covver you for current student status however if they arn't dated.

- Chris

[LaW]

hey raehl sorry to bother you but I sent you a pm about an issue I'm having with our team. Just wondering if you could check that out and get back to me. Thanks.

[raehl]

I jsut got bck from Skyball and havn't seen the PM... so drop me an email at raehl311@yahoo.com, thanks.

- Chris

[Mega Man]

Are Jr. High teams being accepted?

[raehl]

Jr. High teams may play in the High School Division.

- Chris

[Mega Man]

What level do most of these teams play on? Novice, Rookie, Amautuer A, Amautuer B, etc.

[raehl]

"Most" is a tricky word. Many are playing their first tournament, but the top college teams are probably somewhere in the Am A-Am B area. The players on the top teams this year were on total newbie teams two to three years ago.

While the top teams certainly have the SKILLS of Am A-Am B players, I do need to stress that they don't PLAY like them, in the sense that a lot of that so called "gray area" play (what cheaters call cheating) doesn't happen in college tournaments, nor is a lot of the behavior you can catch at the amatuer level in other leagues tolerated in the slightest. Translation: If you're a new team, you'll most likely play teams that are significantly more experienced than you, but you'll also play teams at your level as well. Either way, you'll have a fun time and learn something.

- Chris