West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

Group photo of the WVSDB Esports team dressed in matching blue and yellow jerseys. Coach Ganoe and Carr are on each side of the group.

Four male team members dressed in matching jerseys pose with a cardboard cutout of a video game character.

Group photo of the all-star winners among all of the competing teams.

Esports players sitting in pairs of two compete against one another as they look at the screen in front of them.

Esports players set in front of computer monitors and compete against one another.

The Fortnite championship winners stand side-by-side in front of a green screen as they are being interviewed by an individual using ASL.

Four male Esports athletes wearing matching jerseys sit at their gaming stations.

Two Esports players sit side-by-side as they compete against one another.

Three male Esports players wearing matching jerseys sit side-by-side as they compete in the tournament.

Overview photo of the Esports tournament with players seated at their computer stations.

April 20, 2026

Alyssa Hansrote

The Black Bears Took Nationals by Storm! 💥

Our Esports team finished 4TH OVERALL at the ESDAA National Deaf Scholastic Esports Championship! 🎮

Congratulations to Allyssa and Carson for earning All-Star Team honors! ⭐

Shoutout to our CHAMPIONSHIP Fortnite team, Carson, Brayden, Aiden, and Zain, for bringing home the trophy! 🏆

From start to finish, they showed what WVSDB is all about! 🐻

Special thanks to the Scranton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD) for hosting an incredible event! 🙌

#ESDAA #WVSDB #StudentAthletes