{"id":3636,"date":"2026-05-13T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:14:33","slug":"join-owu-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/join-owu-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"Join OWU Esports!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to represent the Battling Bishops? OWU Esports is looking for players of all skill levels to join our growing community.<\/p>\n<h3>The Varsity Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Our Varsity players represent Ohio Wesleyan at the highest level. Members of our competitive rosters receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jerseys<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Travel:<\/b>\u00a0Hit the road for regional and national tournaments.<\/li>\n<li><b>Elite Access:<\/b>\u00a0Train in the\u00a0<b>Varsity-only Esports Lab<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0<b>Welch Hall<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coaching:\u00a0<\/strong>Core Varsity titles receive professional coaching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A Place for Everyone<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let &#8220;tryouts&#8221; intimidate you<b>,\u00a0<\/b><b>no one is cut from OWU Esports!\u00a0<\/b>We field multiple teams across various skill divisions in our core titles like\u00a0<i>Valorant, League of Legends, Rocket League, Overwatch,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Super Smash Bros.\u00a0<\/i>We also field teams in\u00a0<em>Marvel Rivals, Mario Kart, Splatoon 3, and Fortnite.<\/em>\u00a0Whether you\u2019re a Pro or just starting your competitive journey, we have a team for you.<\/p>\n<p>Fill out this form to tryout for the team this Fall!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/SCNdEbd2MQmgKJhG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/SCNdEbd2MQmgKJhG8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1778779642669000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0FH_ZQshFG3GARgmltsp0V\"><b>Tryout Form<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0OWU Esports<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Nevin Horne at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:esports@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">esports@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to represent the Battling Bishops? OWU Esports is looking for players of all skill levels to join our growing community. The Varsity Experience Our Varsity players represent Ohio Wesleyan at the highest level. Members of our competitive rosters receive: Jerseys Travel:\u00a0Hit the road for regional and national tournaments. Elite Access:\u00a0Train in the\u00a0Varsity-only Esports Lab\u00a0in\u00a0Welch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"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":[2],"tags":[511],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-students","tag-esports"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3637,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions\/3637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}