BLINN ESPORTS HOLDING FINAL TRYOUTS
The Blinn College esports program will host its final tryouts for its fall semester teams Thursday and Friday, Aug. 24-25, on the Brenham, Bryan, and RELLIS campuses.
The Buccaneer esports team is recruiting players for six gaming teams: Overwatch, Call of Duty, Super Smash Bros, Rocket League, League of Legends, and its defending national champion Valorant team.
The tryouts will run from 4-8 p.m. on Aug. 24 and Friday, Aug. 25. Prospective players may try out inside Building D, Room 139 on the Blinn-Bryan Campus; the esports arena inside the Blinn RELLIS Administration Building at RELLIS in Bryan; or the esports arena inside Mill Creek Hall on the Blinn-Brenham Campus. Tryouts also are available through the Blinn esports discord: https://discord.gg/GbvCCT8fkd.
To be eligible, students must be enrolled in 12 or more credit hours and maintain a 2.0-grade point average or higher. Five scholarships of $1,000 each will be awarded to the top walk-on players.
For more information, contact head esports coach Aaron Kapiko at aaron.kapiko@blinn.edu or assistant coach Kyle Murto at kyle.murto@blinn.edu.
(Story by Joe Alberico, Blinn College Sports Information)