The 4x CRL National Champion has finally graduated. Congratulations to Buzz Krager on graduating with his Bachelor's in Cybersecurity. Buzz has been apart of the Akron program since the start in 2018. Buzz has been a staple of the Akron Rocket League program and CRL community.
Registration for the Akron Esports Scholastic Showdown is now open! This $5,000 Fortnite LAN is open to anyone in High School or College! To register and for more information, please join our Discord using the link below!
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We are excited to welcome back
@PhozzoJE
to our Rainbow 6 team!
Joey returns back to Akron after spending last semester in Las Vegas competing in the R6 Pro League with
@beastcoast
. Joey is finishing his degree in Communications and plans on graduating this May!
#GoZips
From the RLCS to CRL, please welcome "Fiv3Up" to the Akron Rocket League team! Logan is an Akron local and current player for
@MoistEsports
in the RLCS. He will start competing this summer in CCA Summer Series!
🎮Rocket League
🏡Akron, Ohio
📘Cybersecurity
We are one week out from the start of the Akron Arms Race Trials featuring Fortnite!
Come play this new map mode combination against people all across the country for your shot at the $1200 prize pool!
Join the discord in the tweet below to enter!
We are your CRL Spring 2021 National Champions! GGs to
@EsportsLSU
for the incredible series! We walk away with our 4th National Championship and our spot back as the best collegiate Rocket League team in the nation
#CRL21
#GoZips
Congratulations to the 4x CRL National Champion and greatest 3rd Man in collegiate Rocket League Isaac Stecker for graduating with his Bachelor's in Computer Engineering. We are extremely proud of Isaac and everything he has accomplished during his time here at Akron.
#GoZips
We are excited to announce our first recruit of the 2023-2024 season! Please welcome to our Rocket League program, Emilio Monge! Emilio brings a wealth of competitive experience and has placed Top 32 in RLCS qualifiers!
#GoZips
🏡Lorain, Ohio
📘Cybersecurity
🎮Rocket League
We are excited to welcome Rowan "Xhosa" Steyn to our Rainbow 6 Siege team! All the way from South Africa, Rowan is coming to Akron to continue his education and competitive career!
#GoZips
🎮Rainbow 6
🇿🇦Pretoria, South Africa
📘Psychology
🚨 APPAREL GIVEAWAY 🚨
Our new apparel shop is now open online at ! We will be giving away 4 different prizes to winners!
To Enter:
🤝 Follow Us
@ZipsEsports
💕 Like + RT this tweet
👥 Tag a friend
Winner Announced Saturday April 2nd ❗️❗️❗️
And just like that, we finish the regular season 15-0! Eventually people will recognize who the true kings of collegiate Rocket League are. GGs
@NorthwoodEsport
#GoZips
We are excited to welcome Brendan "patty" Sullivan to the Akron Rocket League team! Brendan has won multiple high school national championships in UGC and took 1st in the Esports Ohio State Championship last year!
🎮Rocket League
🏡Cincinnati, OH
📘Aerospace Engineering
JOB OPPORTUNITY!!
We are hiring a 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 here at the University of Akron! We are looking for someone who is interested in helping build and grow the gaming and esports community here at UA! Apply in the link below
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We are your Bluegrass Boost Battle Champions! The team only dropped a single game the entire weekend! Thanks to the University of Kentucky Esports club for hosting.
#GoZips
🏆
@patttyrl
🏆
@The_Bullzzeye
🏆
@miliodagamer
Rocket League making their
#CRL18
debut seemed like the best time to test the new Akron Esports Arena. Everything is looking great for our opening celebration Friday!
We are so proud to announce that our varsity R6 team are Champions of the
@FACEITCollege
R6 Collegiate Championship 🏆 tonight they are taking home $10k and
@CORSAIR
merch! We dominated the competition since Fall 2019, making us Champions of 10 tournaments!
#GoZips
Congratulations to the King of Collegiate Rainbow 6, Matthew "iMatt" Scherer on graduating with his Bachelor's in Cybersecurity. Matt finished his internship with Cleveland Clinic this semester and plans on looking for a full-time job in cybersecurity.
Please welcome Gavin "Oxy" Lo Vasco to the Akron Rocket League team! Gavin was a member of the Putnam Esports Academy and most recently won the Spring HSEL National Championship!
🎮Rocket League
🏡Apple Valley, California
📘Computer Science
We are excited to announce the Akron Esports Scholastic Showdown! This Fortnite LAN tournament is open to anyone in High School or College. Thanks to Epic Games, we will have a $5,000 Prize Pool with free entry! Join our Discord for more information.
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It's not the placement we were looking for, but 2nd in the nation is still something to be proud of! We will be back for the CRL spring season, we aren't done yet. GGs to
@NorthwoodEsport
for a well deserved win!
#GoZips
We finish our first ever RLCS Regional in 15-16th place. Thank you to everyone who showed us support today!
Also, thank you to the crew who helped put on our stream today!
#GoZips
🎙️
@Visionary0ne
🎙️
@The_Llama77
🎥
@blockobs
Final Scores
2-3 vs SSG
0-3 vs Incorrect
0-3 vs OG
Please welcome our first ever Esports Graduate Assistant, Brian Williams!
Brian was the Esports Head Coach at Bluffton University, where he singlehandedly managed their entire program. Brian is also a Miami University graduate in which he played and led their Rainbow 6 program.
We are excited to announce our first recruit for the 2022-2023 school year! Please welcome Tyler Wilson to our varsity Call of Duty team! Tyler has experience both as a player and as a coach that will help us next season!
🎮Call of Duty
🏡Cheyenne, Wyoming
📘CIS Networking
Congratulations to Tristan ".tristn" Roberts on graduating with his Bachelors in Graphic Design. Tristan joined the program in 2019 after deciding to pursue collegiate Rocket League rather than college baseball.
Final stats for
@tristanpdf
🏆3x CRL National Champion (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
🥈2x CRL National Champion Runner-Up (Fall 2020, Spring 2023)
🏖️CCA Summer Series Champion 2020
🌎Top 8 CRL World Championship 2023
📘Member of the 1st collegiate team to make RLCS
The Akron Gold Rocket League team conquered
@DreamHack
Atlanta this weekend winning all three Rocket League tournaments!
1st:
@FACEITCollege
DreamHack Beyond Collegiate Clash
1st: BYOC 3v3 $5000 tournament
1st: Free-Play 3v3 tournament
What great homecoming for the
#esports
program!
1,086 attendees
734 games launched
9 tournaments held
4 show-matches viewed
3 facilities opened
& 1 fantastic program ready for
@uakron
students
Thx to our faculty, staff, sponsors, & community members for a stellar opening day!
Gun Game in Fortnite 👀 Count Akron in!
Special thanks to
@404FNC
for creating the Akron Arms Race Featuring Fortnite!
Tune in tomorrow to to watch some live gameplay
🗺️ Akron Arms Race: 4370-5022-5498
Congrats to Akron Rocket League Gold for qualifying in the first Collegiate
#RocketLeague
qualifier weekend. The team outscored opponents 59-20 and had a combined record of 9-1 to finish 4th in the Northern Conference.
This team is one to watch.
#GoZips
#CRL
Applications for
@uakrons
varsity esports teams are open. If you're a high-level competitor in LoL, CSGO, OW, Rocket League, or Hearthstone, apply now for an opportunity to compete in
#esports
while earning your college degree.
Apply Online At:
Congratulations to
#AkronRL
Gold who took 1st in the
#CRL18
Northern Conference finals!
The team wins a $4,000 scholarship prize & will head to the Conference Clash as the 1st seed from their conference. Sights are set on Nationals!
#GoZips
#RocketLeague
Can you even have CRL without Akron? The Akron Blue Rocket League team qualify for the Fall CRL East season! The team qualified without dropping an entire series!
#GoZips
⚽️
@tristanpdf
⚽️
@patttyrl
⚽️
@The_Bullzzeye
Today we are hosting Serving The Land with
@Kareemhunt7
and other members of the Cleveland Browns! Students from the
@bgcneo
of Lorain will be dropping into Fortnite with a member of the Browns on their team! Catch all the action starting now!
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Congratulations to our very own Nate Meeker on winning the prestigious
@TheNAECAD
Director of the Year award! Nate has been with the program since its inception in 2017, and has helped Akron become the program it is today.
We've leveled up our audio game with
@USAudioTechnica
, the Exclusive Audio Partner of the
@uakron
#esports
program. Now our players, casters, & audience members will all receive the benefit of crisp clear audio, both in the game and the broadcast!
Quite an impressive Midterm Progress Report from our varsity
#esports
teams:
4 Winning Records
2 Undefeated Teams
&
1 Conference Champion
Couldn't ask for a better inaugural semester! Keep it up Zips!
From Avon to Akron, please welcome Henry "vorcez" Croft to the Akron Valorant team! Henry lead his high school Valorant team for two years and will bring his experience to Akron this upcoming year!
#GoZips
🏡Avon, Ohio
📕Computer Engineering
🎮Valorant
WE ARE YOUR
@ESC_Conference
2023 ROCKET LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! For the fourth season in a row, the Akron Rocket League team has proven they are the best team in the conference! Time to add another trophy to the collection!
#GoZips
🏆
@tristanpdf
🏆
@patttyrl
🏆
@The_Bullzzeye
We wanted to thank
@eFuse
for coming to Akron last week to help out with our media day. The eFuse staff are some of the most talented professionals in this space, and we cannot thank them enough! Be on the lookout for more content from our media day!
#GoZips
We are excited to announce the Zips Esports Hearthstone Invitational! We invited the Top 16 teams in the collegiate scene to battle it out for $2,500! All of this wouldn't be possible without our amazing sponsors at
@eFuseOfficial
,
@gravitygamingpc
, and
@T3Performance1
!
The Rainbow 6 team finishes 2nd Place at the
@CollegiateR6
Columbus LAN. It was a great showing from the team, but we sadly couldn’t close it out. We will be back with more Rainbow 6 action this semester with the upcoming season!
#GoZips
Chayton is one of the most winningest players in collegiate R6 with 12 championships across multiple leagues. Chayton has laid the ground work for our Rainbow 6 team and will be greatly missed as he enters the real world!
#GoZips
📘Chayton Hamric - Computer Science
What can we say, we are a Rocket League school. Akron Gold qualifies for CRL Fall 2023! This is the first time in program history to have both Akron teams qualify for CRL in back to back seasons!
#GoZips
⚽️
@YawnathonRL
⚽️
@rl_trevor
⚽️
@miliodagamer
We are excited to announce that both
@IntelGaming
and
@SamsungUS
will be official program sponsors for the upcoming school year! More details to come soon!
#GoZips
Akron Esports is headed to Orlando🏖️
Our Rocket League and Rainbow 6 team will be headed to Orlando this weekend for a repeat appearance in the NACE Varsity Premier Grand Finals! Rocket League competes on April 27th and Rainbow 6 plays April 28th!
Congrats to Julian, Jaylin, Wilson, and Floyd for taking home the win and being the best squad from the
@bgcneo
of Lorain! Thank you to
@Kareemhunt7
for letting us host this event!
The Akron Rocket League team is headed to Boise, Idaho! They will be competing in the
@nacestarleague
Grand Finals against West Virginia December 2nd at 4:00PM EST!