Warwick named NSE Esports University of the Year for second year in a row
Over the past year, universities across the country have been struggling to get to the top and claim the Esports University of the Year. It wasn’t an easy feat; 24 championships, 95 universities, thousands of competitors and hundreds of matches played.
Warwick University has won Esports University of the Year awards back-to-back.
Throughout the academic year 2019/20 they achieved the most at various NSA esport tournaments.
Warwick previously received the award last year for the 2018/19 academic year.
Warwick University achieved at the highest point of the table with 1,618 score, in front of Southampton University (2nd place with 1,404 score) and Staffordshire University (3rd place with 1,390 score).
You can see the full university esports table here.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the team for securing the back-to-back championship. I’m especially proud of our achievement through the difficult times we’re in right now, as I know this affected our players across all games.”
Jack ‘Mentor’ Fenton, University of Warwick
During the year Warwick joined 27 teams / participants including teams in Dota 2 (Warwick Ducks), League of Legends (Grey Warwick), Overwatch (Warwick Angels), Rocket League (why do I turn up to fractal geometry) and CSGO (Warwick Toasters).
The University of the Year in Esports takes inspiration from British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS).
Warwick Esports Society President for 2019/2020, Jack ‘Coach’ Fenton, commented: “I couldn’t be more proud of the team for securing the back-to-back championship. We’ve never aimed for anything less, but when the mid-season table came out we wanted to open the gap between second place. The teams all put priority on their NSE competition and it’s clearly worked. I’m especially proud of our achievement through the difficult times we’re in right now, as I know this affected our players across all games.”
Jack will be finishing university this year, and his role as president of society will now be taken over by Daniel ‘bepis boi’ Zeng, who said that Warwick will make sure he builds on his legacy.
