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JWU Esports

Providence, RI

In State Tuition

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Out of State Tuition

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Biography

As a Johnson and Wales student, you will have full access to our eSports facility, a state-of-the-art arena located in Downtown Providence. The room is equipped with its own network connection, separate from the rest of campus, 16 computers, each with a 2080Ti graphics card, 16GB of DDR4 Ram, 144hz 1ms response time monitors, Racing-style gaming chairs, mechanical keyboards, Corsair headsets and high-optical response mice. Not a PC gamer? We also supply Nintento Switches, PS4s and Xbox Ones to students. Currently we have 17 teams competing in 14 different games. These games include, Overwatch, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros, Apex, Call of Duty, Counter Strike, Fortnite, Rainbow 6 Siege, Magic the Gathering: Arena, fifa, madden, Valorant, hearthstone and Rocket League. We also have students interested in Splatoon, Smite, Destiny2, and NHL. At Johnson and Wales, we take the stance that if a student wishes to compete, we will do our best to support them! We have tryouts for our teams at the beginning of each year (September). We had 139 student's tryout. There is no rank requirement to tryout and if you do not make a team you will still have access to the facilities. You can try out for more than one team. Teams will be competing in the CSL, Tespa, cLoL, ECAC, AVGL, NACE and ESL conferences/tournaments throughout the year. We also have a twitter and Instagram page! Please follow us @JWUesports to keep up-to-date on all that is happening with our program. Also follow us on Twitch at twitch.tv/JWUesports Varsity students receive a jersey, with their gamertag, access to our Social Media Coordinators, to create and promote content, as well as access to our private, varsity only, space (currently under construction) Varsity sports include, -League of Legends (D2+) -Overwatch (4k peak+) -Valorant (I2+) -Rocket League (1900+ peak) -Fortnite ($2000 earnings, 10K event PR) -Smash Bros (Event experience required) Scholarship opportunities are available. Minimum $5,000 or more, Our common app is also FREE meaning you literally have nothing to lose when you apply! Not at that rank? We offer club teams as well! You would still have access to the same coaching as those on the varsity teams! 2019-2020 season accomplishments 5th in the Boston Uprising Fall Collegiate Cup (Overwatch Blue) Top 100 for Tespa and top 300 (Overwatch) Top 100 in Open Division (Overwatch) 4th in the Uptime eSports New England Invitational (League of Legends) Top 30 in the East region, top 120 nationally for cLoL (out of 500 teams; League of Legends) Undefeated in ECAC League of Legends Spring Tournament (League of Legends) Regular season first in ECAC (Super Smash Brothers) Regular season tied for 8th in ECAC (Overwatch) Regular season tied for 10th in ECAC (Rocket League) 2020 HVGC Top 4 (Overwatch and Rocket League) 2nd Place Smash Bros Boston Uprising Spring Collegiate Cup 3rd place (Overwatch) Current Season ECAC League of Legends : 1st Place Overwatch, Hearthstone : Top 4 Finish Smash Blue and Yellow : Top 8 Finish Valorant, Fortnite, Fifa Blue, Yellow and White: Top 16 Finish Rocket League, Smash White : Top 32 Finish Other Tournaments BUCC : 2nd Place National Ranks League of Legends : Top 32 - 9th seed Fall Invitational Hearthstone : 6th - Top 8 finish in TESPA Overwatch : Top 25 (Blue) and Top 50 (Yellow) CoD : Top 45 Rocket League : Top 60 Smash : Top 10 x 2, Top 100

Our Esports Titles

League of Legends
Overwatch
Rocket League
Fortnite
Valorant
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Madden 22
FIFA 22
Hearthstone
Magic the Gathering

Location

Map of Johnson and Wales University