Video from College Esports News. Oct. 6, 2023--Bryce Dudenhoeffer, sophomore recreation sport management major from Jefferson City, Missouri, has been nominated for a Scholars Award in the category of Collegiate Student Leader of the Year. People can vote for Dudenhoeffer once a day through Nov. 20 at bit.ly/3t2YdkR. Dudenhoeffer is a senior [...]
May 9, 2023--Riley Boyd has been named director of esports at Missouri Western State University, effective May 16. Boyd has provided interim leadership of the program since February. Boyd came to Missouri Western last fall as a graduate assistant in athletics while pursuing his Master of Business Administration degree. Previously, he served as lead commentator [...]
Michael Duhn of Griffon Esports accepts the PBC Valorant Player of the Year Award in Florence, South Carolina. Oct. 26, 2022--Fresh off appearances in the Peach Belt Championships and boasting a newly crowned conference Player of the Year, Griffon Esports at Missouri Western State University will host its semi-annual 24-hour charity livestream beginning [...]
April 20, 2022--Griffon Esports at Missouri Western State University will host a 24-hour livestream for charity starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21. The stream will originate from the Griffon Esports Arena in Blum Union and can be viewed on the program’s Twitch channel, twitch.tv/griffon_esports. Esports is once again partnering with Extra Life to benefit [...]
Feb. 4, 2022--Luke Theis has been named director and head coach of Griffon Esports at Missouri Western State University. Theis has served as interim director since September. “Luke has been an important part of the Griffon Esports program from the beginning, and has provided outstanding leadership over the last several months,” said Theresa Grosbach, interim [...]
Oct. 27, 2021--The last few days of October will be a busy time for Griffon Esports at Missouri Western State University as the program will participate in two major events. A 24-hour charity livestream will originate from the Griffon Esports Arena beginning at 4 p.m. Oct. 28. Meanwhile, the Griffon Overwatch team will travel to [...]
July 15, 2021--AUGUSTA, GA – The Peach Belt Conference and commissioner David Brunk are pleased to announce that Missouri Western State University will join the league as an associate member in esports and participate in the upcoming fall 2021 Overwatch season. Missouri Western will become the eighth associate member for esports. “We are excited [...]
April 26, 2021--The Missouri Western State University Griffon Esports team dominated in their first appearance at Extra Life United, the annual Esports and gaming tournament hosted by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. In the popular game Rocket League, the team of Griffon Esports varsity athletes “The Animal” (Adam Clow, freshman health sciences major from Kansas City, [...]
March 5, 2021--Missouri Western State University celebrated the grand opening of the Griffon Esports Arena in the Blum Student Union on March 4, followed by varsity and club athletes playing a 24-hour livestream for charity. “We’re really excited now to be able to rally around our Griffon Esports team,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president of [...]
Missouri Western State University’s new esports program is still in its infancy, but director and coach Christian Konczal has some big expectations. Having hosted a town hall meeting last week, Konczal said they’re still building the program’s foundations. Building a facility with monitors, consoles and a broadcasting station in Blum Student Union’s bookstore space is [...]
