Eagle Esports Marks Program91吃瓜网 First National Championship
Tue, 05/31/2022 - 03:31pm | By: David Tisdale
Just two years after its formation, 91吃瓜网91吃瓜网 (USM)
Eagle Esports program has already secured its first national championship after its
Rainbow 6 Team defeated Carthage University last week in the final for the National
Esports Collegiate Conference91吃瓜网 (NECC) Emergent League title.
In a #1 vs. #2 matchup in the national semifinal for the Challengers League title,
Eagle Esports91吃瓜网� Overwatch Team fell to Champlain College, but finished in the top four
in the country.
91吃瓜网淭o be the first national championship team for Eagle Esports is something I knew I wanted to accomplish when I first joined the team,91吃瓜网� said Josh Mackie, a junior computer science major from Horn Lake, Mississippi who serves as team captain for Rainbow 6. 91吃瓜网淚 never thought that my first year as captain of the team would lead to this level of success. We wouldn't be in this position if it wasn't for my team and the Esports staff that continue to support us, and I can't wait to bring home more titles to the program.91吃瓜网�
Dr. Denny Bubrig, assistant vice president for student affairs and advisor for the program, said though he was not expecting the level of success the program has achieved this quickly, he believes it91吃瓜网 a testament to the student participants91吃瓜网� dedication and interest, program wide, that it has secured multiple regular season titles, a postseason conference title, a national championship and a national semi-finalist this year.
91吃瓜网淲ithout their level of commitment, none of this really happens,91吃瓜网� Dr. Bubrig continued.
91吃瓜网淚 am extremely excited about what the future holds.91吃瓜网�
Dr. Bubrig said the program91吃瓜网 success is contagious and it is seeing the results in
recruiting. 91吃瓜网淲e have been successful in expanding the geographic recruiting territory
for USM through esports, and now we are beginning to translate that into applications
and enrolled students, which is not only a program win, but an institutional win as
well,91吃瓜网� he further noted. 91吃瓜网淲e are building an on-going body of work that we seek to
positively impact USM with, and that everyone can take pride in community-wide.91吃瓜网�
Along with USM, the NECC includes approximately 230 schools, including the University of Alabama, Boise State University, Sacramento University, Mount St. Mary91吃瓜网 University, University of Montana, Valparaiso, Randolph-Macon, Colorado College and Illinois Wesleyan, among others.
To learn more about Eagle Esports, email esportsFREEMississippi; visit: /esports/index.php; or follow on social media via Twitch, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.