Bowling Green, Ky. – The back-to-back esports Mid-South Conference Champion UPIKE Bears were well represented in this year's 2023 MSC Esports All-Conference Teams. 

James Donnici and Nicholas Leatherbarrow earned a First Team All-Conference nod in League of Legends. Donnici led the Bears to a victory in game one of the League of Legends Finals with a 13-1-4 record. Earning Second Team All-Conference were freshman Lucas Bouey and Jacob Yoh. Bouey secured the conference title for the Bears with a triple kill to win game two. 

It is Donnici's first First Team recognition and the second consecutive First Team bid for Leatherbarrow. 

Senior Jordan Cantor rounded off the All-Conference accolades for the Bears with a First Team All-Conference honor in Overwatch. It is the second all-conference recognition but the first First Team nod for the senior from Winchester, Ky. 

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