For over 10 years, the National Collegiate Paintball Association has sanctioned paintball competition at the college and high school levels. To help celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’ve partnered with PbNation to provide extra recognition to all NCPA players, past and present, with the new NCPA Player Badge. Want a NCPA Player Badge? The only way to get one is to play a NCPA event!

To provide extra recognition to top teams, the NCPA will also be awarding two extremely rare badges, the NCPA Regional Champion Badge and the NCPA National Champion Badge.

The NCPA Regional Champion Badge will be awarded to all players that win a NCPA High School Paintball League Regional Championship event. There will be 9 Regional Championship events held across the country in March 2011, so don’t miss your chance at earning this badge by competing! Visit http://www.highschoolpaintball.com to sign up and for more information.

Only an elite few will ever earn the NCPA National Champion Badge. To get this ultra-rare badge, nothing short of being the best will suffice! The NCPA National Champion Badge will only be awarded to the winners of the College Class A, College Class AA, and High School divisions at the NCPA College Paintball National Championships and the College Class AA Season Champions. College events are held throughout the school year around the country, and the 2011 National Championships are April 15-17. Sign up to play now at http://www.college-paintball.com!

All NCPA badges are automatically added to your PbNation profile after the completion of the event in which you compete. Remember, the only way to get an NCPA badge is to play in the NCPA, so talk to your classmates and sign up for a NCPA tournament now! It’s easy, inexpensive and fun!