SUNY Empire Esports student Connor "Clyde" Fitzgibbons won first place in PS5 Guilty Gear: Solid Tournament, one of the several games the institution's esports league competes in. In addition, SUNY Empire students, Phil "PhillyBlaze" Azouras, Jakeb "GeckoElectric" House, Joann "Babyface" Williams, and Saryna "Lycsilia" Neary, competed as the team "Angry Keyboards," and won third place in Call of Duty: Cold War & Warzone. This is the first time SUNY Empire has had students place in an Esports tournament since the institution introduced the collegiate program in 2020. Congratulations! 

SUNY Empire offers tournament and league play in SUNY Esports and the Eastern Collegiate Athletics Conference (ECAC). The teams currently compete in: 

• Call of Duty: Cold War & Warzone 
• Overwatch 2 
• Valorant
• Halo: Infinite 
• Rainbow Six Siege 
• Rocket League 
• League of Legends 
• Fortnite
• Super Smash Bros 
• Guilty Gear: Strive 
• Hearthstone 
• NBA 2K23 
• FIFA23 
• Madden NFL 23 

Our Esports program began with participation in the 2020 SUNY Chancellor's Esports Challenge, with 10 teams representing SUNY Empire. In 2021, the institution became members of the ECAC Esports conference, which includes more than 90 colleges.  

To learn more about Esports, or to get involved, please visit our website.