Varsity Esports

Let's Roll!

The Ringling Rollers: Ringling’s College’s inaugural Varsity Esports team!

Esports is in line with many of our students’ areas of study and our Varsity team will serve as an outlet for engagement, growth, and competition, while also providing valuable real-world experience for future careers in game design and development.

Ringling College students have long expressed their interest in Esports and formulating a Varsity team. Thanks to the College’s partnership with Mission Control and our engaged gaming community, Ringling College is thrilled to take its place amongst the elite Esports competition.

Scholarships are available!

Photo by Andrea Saravia Pérez

Upcoming Events

Fall 2022 Super Smash and Overwatch schedules coming soon!

Meet the Rollers

Overwatch Team

Bennet “BlitzStorm”, Junior (2023)
Green Bay, WI, Tank

Zach “SonOfAtlas”, Junior (2023)
Orlando, FL, Support

Rowan “Verglase”, Senior (2022)
Baltimore, MD, Support

Justin “BlazeDaze”, Senior (2022)
Cherry Hill, NJ, Tank

Katie “Unixx”, Junior (2023)
Bradenton, FL, DPS

Andrea “Alucard”, Senior (2022)
Cartagena de Indias, COL,Support/Tank

Smash Team

Keven “SpicyIce28”, Sophomore (2024),
Staten Island, NY
Mains: Samus

Jaehee “Jaehee”, Sophomore (2024),
Chicago, IL
Mains: PacMan, Dr. Mario

Jonah “Konahice”, Sophomore (2024),
Johnson City, TN
Mains: Sheik, Pit, Chrom, Lucina

Christian “Fletch”, Sophomore (2024),
Orange Beach, AL
Mains: Captain Falcon

Hanz “RawSauce”, Junior (2023), Orla

Team Leaders

ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORS

Dr. Tammy Walsh, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students

Jekeyma Robinson, Associate Dean of Students for Student Development

TEAM ADVISOR

E Ramey, M.S. RSA, Coordinator of Recreation and Wellness

Eramey@ringling.edu

Head Coach, Nick Deangelis

Nick has been coaching professionally for over eight years, working with top ranked tennis juniors in the Northeastern United States. He started coaching Esports over two years ago, having worked with multiple college teams as well as semi-pro players/teams. He is also a certified sports psychology coach. Nick started coaching the Ringling Esports teams in the spring of 2021 (Overwatch and Super Smash Bros.).

ecoach.nick@gmail.com

Practice Schedule

The Student Smart Room, located in Goldstein Hall, Wednesdays at 8 pm

Rules and Conduct: Team members only (Overwatch and Smash teams) will attend practices

OVERWATCH SCHEDULE - GAMEDAY - MONDAYS

Registration: August 3 – 29
Regular Season: September 7 – November 5 (9 weeks)
Start of Post-Season
Conference Play-in (2nd and 3rd place): November 8 – 12
Conference Championship(s): November 13 and 14
Playoffs: November 18 – 21
Holiday Week: November 22 – 28
Grand Finals LAN: December 4 and 5
Round Robin Groups Seeded Based Off Region and/or Conference Affiliations
Scholarship Prizing for Top Teams

Select matches will be broadcasted of the Varsity division, Monday – Friday

Roll with Us

Make a gift to support Esports at Ringling College! Your contributions will help create an outlet for engagement, growth, and competition for our students and build an engage a gaming community.

Get in touch

Interested in learning more or trying out for the team?

Get in touch, fill out our Interest Form.

OTHER WAYS TO PLAY

If you are a Ringling student, interested in Esports but not joining our Varsity team, we have opportunities for Club Esports as well. Get in touch for details!

LEARN MORE

Newsletter coming soon.

News

Super Smash Bros., anyone? New College and Ringling students kick off eSports rivalries

Women in games: How colleges can help diversify the industry

Ringling College's Growth in Collegiate Esports in the Midst of a Pandemic

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Patron Type	# of Items	Type of Material	Borrowing Time
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		Magazines (unbound)	3 day
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		Videogames*	N/A

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		Videogames*	N/A

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		Magazines (unbound)	3 day
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		Videogames*	N/A

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		DVDs and Blu-Ray	3 days
		Magazines (unbound)	3 day
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		Videogames*	N/A

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