{"id":441,"date":"2015-07-30T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=441"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:42:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T19:42:56","slug":"esport-club-program-begins-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/esport-club-program-begins-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"ESports Club Program Begins This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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91¶¶Òõ has announced the addition of Esports to its growing line-up of club sport programs.\u00a0In recognition of the popularity of Esports and to provide greater academic access, Maryville will offer scholarship opportunities for eligible students. The program begins this fall.<\/p>\n

Known more popularly as competitive online video gaming, the world of online sport is new to Maryville, but not to the program\u2019s first coordinator, Daniel Clerke, an international business student. Clerke is also owner of several successful eSport teams, including Enemy, a professional tier League of Legends team.<\/p>\n

Maryville\u2019s club program will field teams in a number of different online games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to get this going and bring Maryville to the forefront of collegiate Esports,\u201d Clerke says. \u201cEsports is the biggest thing that nobody knows about. To put it in perspective, the League of Legends World Championship last year was viewed by more people than every sporting event except the Superbowl, and that includes the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maryville also provides club sport teams in roller hockey, men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer, women\u2019s volleyball and men\u2019s rugby. For each club sport, the University provides space for competition and limited funding for uniforms and the hiring of officials.
\nFor information about enrollment at 91¶¶Òõ, visit\u00a0maryville.edu<\/a>\u00a0or call 314.529.9300.<\/p>\n

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