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Texas A&M Esports\u2019 \u201cApex Legends\u201d team earned its highest finish and biggest cash prize in TSMU\u2019s \u201cApex Legends\u201d Tournament<\/a> on Feb. 25. The team took second place, behind only Temple University, and walked away with $6,000 to split among the players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team members for \u201cApex Legends\u201d \u2014 a hero-based, three-versus-three, battle-royale shooter game \u2014 are Jackson \u201cfiddledude\u201d McGlothlin, a junior mathematics major; Anthony \u201cAxzeyyyy\u201d Noyes, a junior computer engineering major; and Ralph \u201cPeaR\u201d Vicente, a junior computer engineering major. Benjamin \u201cZephyr\u201d Fossitt, a junior meteorology major, serves as coach. The team is advised by the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alex DeLape, a junior sport management major and president of Texas A&M Esports<\/a>, said the \u201cApex Legends\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tournament was \u201cone of the most exciting collegiate events I have ever watched,\u201d DeLape said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeeing 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,\u201d he said. \u201cThis ‘Apex’ roster that A&M Esports has will only continue to get better, and I am looking forward to watching their next tournament.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team selfie photo: The ‘Apex Legends’ team celebrates its win at Gumby’s Pizza. From left: Benjamin \u201cZephyr\u201d Fossitt, Jackson \u201cfiddledude\u201d McGlothlin, Anthony \u201cAxzeyyyy\u201d Noyes and Ralph \u201cPeaR\u201d Vicente.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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