esports

Intro to Esports

Gweneshia Wadlington

For those who have been to Owens lately and have noticed the red gaming chairs and multiple gaming screens: it not a prank. Winthrop University now has an Esports program,…

Introducing the Winthrop ESports Eagles

Dean of Students Office/Publications

One of the rising trends in sports has come to Winthrop University and it has the potential to place Winthrop in some new territory to make strides in. Winthrop University…

Looking ahead

Matt Thrift

Do you have any specific goals for the 2019-2020 school year that you would like to see Winthrop achieve? All of our goals are outlined in the Winthrop Plan…

The PC master race prevails

Dean of Students Office/Publications

The Winthrop esports varsity team will be PC-only, according to Ken Halpin, the vice president of Winthrop Athletics. “The collegiate space has not included console gaming. Right now, our varsity…

Winthrop University’s new e-Sports team

Dean of Students Office/Publications

With many popular video games like “Street Fighter,” “Super Smash Bros.” and “League of Legends,” there are multiple people that train themselves like athletes to compete with each other and…

It seems like yesterday when parents would tell their children that they won’t achieve anything playing video games. Now video gamers can make money either through streaming platforms or professionally…