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Cleveland State University E-sports

10/11-11/25

CSU’s Smash Team Wins First Place in the GLEC Fall Finals

Congratulations to CSU’s Smash Ultimate team for an incredible victory at the GLEC Fall Finals, dethroning Manchester University, who had dominated the past 11 semesters! Cleveland State’s Smash team, featuring (from left to right) Colin L. (colinies), Cory B. (Arctic), Victor M. (Dreamless), Rory G. (Chimpus), Michael B. (MJB), (director PJ Farrell) and Ruben L. (Reuvi), delivered a spectacular performance. Special shoutouts go to first-year player Dreamless and second-year player Arctic for their outstanding gameplay during the finals. The entire team’s synergy and skill made this monumental win possible—way to bring the trophy home, CSU!

Congrats to Colin L. and Ruben L. on SSBU first-team all-conference!

CSU’s League of Legends and Valorant Green Team Take Third Place in the GLEC Fall Finals

CSU’s League of Legends team - from left to right Sean B. (Aqualad2012), Matthew N. (Skrub McLord), Rocco S. (Kaizix), Tim S. (HisBeardsWeird), Jason S. (J’ason)

Congrats to Sean B. and Matthew N. on LoL first-team all-conference!

Congrats to Tim S. on LoL second-team all-conference!

CSU’s Valorant Green Team - from right to left, Nung L. (nugget), James E. (FOAD), Isaiah H. (Lime), Ashton L. (n0ths), Eric W. (wyyu)

Congrats to Eric W. on Valorant first-team all-conference!

CSU’s Valorant White Team Wins First Place In NACE Finals

Congrats to CSU’s Valorant White time for winning first place in NACE Finals. This marks Cleveland State’s first NACE Varsity-Plus win! From right to left, Daniel T. (Revey), Levi M. (LevyChevy), Rebeca O. (MaRvel), Ziyeir N. (Exquisitely), Connor M. (Zak0m1)

Rocket League Plays in Upcoming NECC Finals

From left to right, Collin H. (orb.), Tymir J. (Ciprocate), Jacob R. (L0B0.), Philip H. (falconn.)

CSU’s Rocket League Team plays on December 5th in NECC Division 3 Finals at 8 pm! Be sure to tune in!

Player of the Week

Victor Marcelo - “Dreamless” - Super Smash Bros

This week’s spotlight goes to Victor Marcelo (Dreamless), a freshman Mechanical Engineering major on CSU’s Smash Ultimate team who’s already making a huge impact on CSU Esports. During the GLEC Finals, Victor took an incredible 7 stocks in a high-stake game to help secure our first-ever Smash Conference Championship. Outside of matches, he’s one of the key organizers behind "Midguard Mayhem", CSU’s monthly Smash Ultimate tournament, showing his passion for building our community. Known for playing Mii Brawler and Pyra/Mythra, Victor is quickly becoming a cornerstone of the team. Keep crushing it, Victor!

Upcoming Events

Giving Day

2/27/25

MORE INFO SOON!

Cleveland State Esports Winter Bootcamp

SIGN-UPS OPEN SOON!

1/6/25-1/10/25

9 am-3 pm, One game a day

Open for grades 8-12

Games: Overwatch, League of Legends, Rocket League, Smash Ultimate, & Valorant

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