{"id":12260,"date":"2026-04-14T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=12260"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:18:40","slug":"mowest-offers-esports-camp-for-youth-age-10-to-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/mowest-offers-esports-camp-for-youth-age-10-to-18\/","title":{"rendered":"MoWest offers esports camp for youth age 10 to 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 14, 2026&#8211;Missouri Western State University\u2019s third annual Griffon Esports Camp will be held May 26 through May 29. <img class=\"alignright size-fusion-400 wp-image-12261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"camp students and staff huddle in esports\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-310x207.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/EsportsCamp2025-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted by the Recreation Sports Management program, the camp will give participants the opportunity to use their passion for esports to promote personal growth and career development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day sessions will run from 2 to 6 p.m. daily, for students ages 10 to 18. Games played will be Fortnite, Rocket League, Super Smash Bros. and Valorant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Match night sessions will also be offered for campers 14 to 18 years old from 7 to 9 p.m. Games played will be Fortnite, Rocket League, Overwatch and Valorant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campers will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earn a certificate of camp completion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn computer science-related subjects<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase competition skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop self-esteem and physical capabilities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The registration cost for the full day camp is $150 per camper for all four sessions, or $40 per camper for each individual day. Match night registration is $65 per camper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parents can register their children at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/griff.vn\/esportscamp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">griff.vn\/esportscamp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. MoWest is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 14, 2026&#8211;Missouri Western State University\u2019s third annual Griffon Esports Camp will be held May 26 through May 29. Hosted by the Recreation Sports Management program, the camp will give participants the opportunity to use their passion for esports to promote personal growth and career development.\u00a0 Day sessions will run from 2 to 6 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1793,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12262,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12260\/revisions\/12262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}