Why Esports?

Esports is a combination of “electronic” and “sports.” Rather than playing games at a casual level, esports encourages players to play to their best at a higher, more competitive level, not unlike physical sports. Esports features both team based games like League of Legends and solo games like Dragon Ball FighterZ.

There are great benefits to having an esports and video game club on campus, these include:

• Motivation for students to improve their learning outcome

• Learning valuable teamwork skills

• Working on reflection and metacognition

• Including a diverse range of students who would otherwise be disenfranchised

• Scholarships (Source: NBC News)

• Full list of colleges with esports programs (Source: ESPN)

• "Michael Sherman, Riot Games’ director of collegiate esports, told SportTechie that 62% of the players on collegiate League of Legends teams in 2018 were STEM majors." (Source: Forbes)

• "By embracing esports, schools can capitalize upon its organic growth and draw students away from uninteractive, sedentary avenues of entertainment towards an activity that can instill common values and principles." (Source: WIRED)

• "Competitive ”eSports“ could be considered as a sporting activity, and the players involved prepare and train with an intensity which may be comparable to athletes in traditional sports,” (Source: Reuters)

Esports offers many students a chance to become leaders and take on leadership positions.