We followed the ASU Maroon Valorant team out of the state as they competed in San Diego, California at the Red Bull Campus Clutch Southwest Qualifier.
This esports tournament was exclusively for university students. Here, they faced off against other teams in the popular futuristic, first-person-shooter game Valorant.
Winners of the Southwest Qualifier will have the opportunity to travel to Istanbul, Turkey, where they will play in the tournament’s World Final and compete for a cash prize of over $20,000.
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Brianna Chappie works as part of the video desk at The State Press and is currently studying journalism at Arizona State University. Brianna has previous experience working as a video editor for WDIO-TV and filming local events in Duluth, MN, such as Grandma’s Marathon and the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey games.