| Darshan | |
|---|---|
 Upadhyaya in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Darshan Upadhyaya |
| Born | November 12, 1994 |
| Nationality | Canadian–American |
| Career information | |
| Game | League of Legends |
| Playing career | 2012–2023 |
| Role | Top laner |
| Team history | |
| 2012 | Monomaniac eSports |
| 2012–2013 | Team Dynamic |
| 2013 | Good Game University |
| 2013–2014 | Team Coast |
| 2014 | Team Dignitas |
| 2015–2019 | Counter Logic Gaming |
| 2019–2020 | GGS Academy |
| 2021–2022 | Cloud9 Academy |
| 2023 | 100 Thieves Challengers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Darshan Upadhyaya, better known mononymously as Darshan and as ZionSpartan, is a Canadian-born American League of Legends player who played professionally from 2012–2023. He is most known for his four-and-a-half-year tenure as Counter Logic Gaming's top laner from November 2014 to May 2019, a time during which CLG and ZionSpartan made both the 2015 World Championship and the 2016 World Championship.[1][2] ZionSpartan and CLG also won the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split.[3] From the start of his career to November 2015, Upadhyaya played under the screenname ZionSpartan; from November 2015–2019, he played under the screenname Darshan; in 2020 he resumed playing as ZionSpartan; and in 2021 he has returned to Darshan.[4][5]
Darshan was elected the inaugural president of the LCS Players Association in 2018, a loose union-like advocacy organization that represents the interests of contracted players in the LCS, and held that that position until 2022 or 2023.[6]
- ^ Steven Asarch. "'League of Legends' CLG Manages To Beat Crowd Favorite TSM In NA LCS Finals". iDigitalTimes.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "TSM and CLG are in the NA LCS finals (again)". yahoo.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "G2 Esports, Counter Logic Gaming are the EU and NA LCS champions". yahoo.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Darshan changes name back to ZionSpartan, embraces his past". 11 January 2020.
- ^ Meet The Best League of Legends Academy Team In North America
- ^ "NA LCS Players Association Announces Results of Inaugural Executive Officer Election – ARCHIVE - the Esports Observer". 14 June 2018.