ALLIANCE – Thirteen of the University of Mount Union’s varsity esports athletes earned All-Conference honors in the Great Lakes Esports Conference for the Fall 2021 season.
The League of Legends and Overwatch teams each had five players selected at various levels and positions.
League of Legends:
First Team Jungler – Henry Woofter of Chagrin Falls
First Team Mid – Billy Parry of Sugar Land, Texas
First Team Support – Santino Diaz-Palma of Youngstown
Second Team ADC – Matt Porter of Akron
Second Team Top Lane – Jeremy Leyden of Cuyahoga Falls
Overwatch:
First Team DPS – Michael Frazier of East Palestine
Second Team DPS – Joey Aslakson of Springfield, Virginia
Second Team Flex Support – Dylan Yoshida of Honolulu, Hawaii
Second Team Main Tank – AJ Hammond of Hermitage, Pennsylvania
Honorable Mention Off Tank – Jake Standish of Canton
Although only offered since Spring 2021, Mount Union also had three athletes selected from its Super Smash Bros.: Ultimate team. Steven Greiner, of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, was awarded first team honors, while Isaiah Acosta, of Buffalo, New York, and Connor Grandon, of New Franklin were both named honorable mentions.
Mount Union’s esports program has scholarship opportunities available for eligible prospective students in the above games, as well as Rocket League and Valorant. Learn more at mountunion.edu/esports.
