{"id":129351,"date":"2026-01-14T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=129351"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:09:26","slug":"tryout-for-esports-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/tryout-for-esports-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Out for Esports this Spring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spring Esports Tryouts Are Here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested in joining the OWU Esports team this spring? Open tryouts are coming up, and <strong>all tryouts will take place in the Esports Arena located in Welch Hall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not currently on the team and want to try out, please complete this form in advance:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/bMLPvSSgiGbvsdjH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/bMLPvSSgiGbvsdjH6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768452302375000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2MUhvmbvtfEOeCAv_cVGZ5\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/<wbr \/>bMLPvSSgiGbvsdjH6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tryout Schedule (Welch Hall Esports Arena):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday, 1\/19:<\/strong> Overwatch 2 &#8211; 6 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, 1\/20:<\/strong> League of Legends &#8211; 6 p.m. | Rocket League &#8211; 6:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, 1\/21:<\/strong> Valorant &#8211; 6 p.m. | Marvel Rivals &#8211; 6:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, 1\/22:<\/strong> Super Smash Bros. Ultimate &#8211; 6 p.m. | Fortnite &#8211; 6:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, 1\/23:<\/strong> No tryouts &#8211; GLEC regular season begins for Overwatch 2, Rocket League, and SSBU.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why Join OWU Esports?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access to the Esports Arena in Welch Hall for team members.<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to travel and compete against other collegiate programs.<\/li>\n<li>Official team jerseys and gear.<\/li>\n<li>Be part of a competitive, supportive community on campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your game isn\u2019t listed (Mario Kart, Call of Duty, or others), reach out directly to discuss what you\u2019re interested in playing.<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Student Engagement and Success<br \/>\nContact: Nevin Horne at <a href=\"mailto:mnhorne@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mnhorne@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring Esports Tryouts Are Here! Interested in joining the OWU Esports team this spring? Open tryouts are coming up, and all tryouts will take place in the Esports Arena located in Welch Hall. If you\u2019re not currently on the team and want to try out, please complete this form in advance: \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/forms.gle\/bMLPvSSgiGbvsdjH6 Tryout Schedule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129365,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129351\/revisions\/129365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}