Montgomery County Community College and its Mustangs Athletics program are adding a new esports game coming soon to their roster.

“Valorant” the wildly popular, five versus five, team-based, futuristic tactical video game will be available for all-gender student-athletes in the Mustangs eSports varsity program to play beginning this fall.

Players in the game are assigned to teams of agents and face off against each other. Both MCCC’s Blue Bell and Pottstown Campuses will host esports matches this coming semester, enabling the team to fill two squads of six to eight players.

The game marks the sixth esports game title available for the Mustangs to play. The five other games include “Hearthstone,” “League of Legends,” “Overwatch,” “Rocket League,” and “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.”

Student-athletes must be enrolled in one of MCCC’s academic programs, take a minimum of 12 credits per semester, maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or higher and pass a physical.

Student-athletes also have access to TimelyCare, which provides round-the-clock, free, virtual care. They can talk to counselors, doctors, nurse practitioners, and more to address concerns that can be safely diagnosed and treated remotely.

The Mustangs eSports program is the Athletics eighth collegiate sport and its first all-gender team. The team members compete against colleges nationally as part of the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE), which is composed of over 170 member schools with over 5,000 student-athletes. They also compete as part of the National Junior College Athletic Association Esports (NJCAAE), composed of more than 60 two-year colleges from across the country.

For more information about the Mustangs eSports team visit Montgomery County Community College’s website.

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