Texas A&M Esports’ ‘Apex’ Team Finishes Second In Tournament, Earns Prize Money
Texas A&M Esports’ “Apex Legends” team earned its highest finish and biggest cash prize in TSMU’s “Apex Legends” Tournament on Feb. 25. The team took second place, behind only Temple University, and walked away with $6,000 to split among the players.
The team members for “Apex Legends” — a hero-based, three-versus-three, battle-royale shooter game — are Jackson “fiddledude” McGlothlin, a junior mathematics major; Anthony “Axzeyyyy” Noyes, a junior computer engineering major; and Ralph “PeaR” Vicente, a junior computer engineering major. Benjamin “Zephyr” Fossitt, a junior meteorology major, serves as coach. The team is advised by the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts.
Alex DeLape, a junior sport management major and president of Texas A&M Esports, said the “Apex Legends” team has been playing together for just a few weeks. He pointed out that some of the other 19 schools that competed are varsity programs with advantages including facilities, coaching staffs and scholarships. The Texas A&M Esports team competes as a club, he said, with members playing on their own equipment at their residences and coached by a fellow student.
The tournament was “one of the most exciting collegiate events I have ever watched,” DeLape said.
“Seeing our players perform so well, and hearing Texas A&M being called out by the casters each time just added to this feeling of A&M Esports growing alongside collegiate Esports,” he said. “This ‘Apex’ roster that A&M Esports has will only continue to get better, and I am looking forward to watching their next tournament.”
Team selfie photo: The ‘Apex Legends’ team celebrates its win at Gumby’s Pizza. From left: Benjamin “Zephyr” Fossitt, Jackson “fiddledude” McGlothlin, Anthony “Axzeyyyy” Noyes and Ralph “PeaR” Vicente.
