Golden Bear Esports
WVU Tech is one of the most recent schools to add a coed, competitive esports team. The Golden Bears are members of National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE).
The Gold and Blue currently field teams in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; Rainbow Six: Siege; Rocket League; League of Legends and Overwatch.
Conference
NACE is a nonprofit membership association organized by and on behalf of their member institutions. The association currently has 170+ members, 5,000+ student-athletes and $16 million in esports scholarships and aid. NACE holds competitions for SMITE, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), Rocket League and Fortnite, with plans to grow. Esport competition for games such as League of Legends and Overwatch are governed by the games’ owners.
Where Golden Bears game
Tech gamers have access to a dedicated, state-of-the-art gaming facility complete with 20 rigs.
Check out photos of the Tech gaming room here.
Their gear includes:
- Alienware Aurora R8s
- I7 9700K (8-Core Overclocked up 4.6GHz across all cores)
- 850W EPA Bronze PSU Liquid Cooled Chassis
- NVidia GeForce RTX 2070 OC with 8GB DGDDR6
- 16GB HyperX DDR4 XMP @ 3200MHz
- 512GB M.2 PCIe Solid Sate Hard Drive
- 27” Dell P2719H monitors
- Alienware Elite gaming mice
- Alienware Pro gaming keyboards
- Razer Kraken Tournament Edition Gaming Headsets
- Nintendo Switch consoles
- Capture cards for console play
- Specialty gaming chairs and desks
Scholarships
WVU Tech offers a variety of scholarships for student-athletes who participate on the esports team. Interested students can submit inquiries, gameplay clips or questions about the program to
tech-esports@mail.wvu.edu.
Want to learn more?
Check out the esports gaming feature in Bear Tracks magazine.
2020 Golden Bear Roster
| Name |
Handle |
Game(s) |
| Keith Carter |
ChibiKeith |
Smash |
| Chris Grassi* |
cyvet |
Smash |
| Steven Lawhorn |
S_Law |
Smash |
| Hayden Mathers |
Inc. |
Smash |
| Konnor Pack |
Simplicity |
Smash |
| Scott Ellars |
MrSandwich |
Smash |
| Brandon Boggs |
HOBO |
Smash |
| Perry Dye |
dye |
Smash |
| William Dillon |
Audi R8 |
Rocket League |
| Nathan Casto* |
Fidel |
Rocket League |
| Tommi Kenneda |
Watchels |
Rocket League |
| Trevor Morrison |
Trevdog |
Rocket League |
| Brock Arthur |
ADEN |
Rainbow Six |
| Tyler Kibler |
DeckedFlyer356 |
Rainbow Six |
| Tyler Stanley* |
EchoSolution |
Rainbow Six |
| Nathaniel Coursin |
SapperM18 |
Rainbow Six |
| Logan Sneed |
RewindTime |
Rainbow Six; League of Legends |
| Jakobi Harris |
DarkJezo |
Overwatch; Smash |
| John Bill |
NT Zippo |
Overwatch; League of Legends |
| Jordan Brown* |
Joker |
Overwatch; Smash |
| Ricky Cantrell |
ShadowDragon |
Overwatch; Rainbow Six |
| Shane Gibbs |
Duke |
Overwatch |
| Anthony Lopez-McDonald |
biggE |
Overwatch |
| Philip McKie |
Orion |
Overwatch |
| Allan Balunovic |
CloudPhase |
Overwatch; League of Legends |
| John Carelli |
Ellisorus |
League of Legends |
| Tommy Wright* |
Taurus Mask |
League of Legends |
| Josh McClung |
NobleSavage |
League of Legends |
*Team Captains
Coaches -- Korey Tedder (
Korey.Tedder@mail.wvu.edu) and J.T. Hird (
John.Hird@mail.wvu.edu)
