Ragin鈥� Cajun Esports team members shine in national competition

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A group of 星空无限传媒 students representing its 65-member Ragin鈥� Cajuns Esports team won the Eastern College Athletic Conference Rainbow 6 Siege playoff tournament.

The Ragin鈥� Cajuns Esports鈥� Rainbow 6 Siege red team members are Jacob Gracianette, Noah Guidroz, Paul Justin, Ridge LeBouef, Dustin Lowe Jr., Deion Onezine, Kadyn Savoie, Nathan Touchet and Reagan Wolf. Elijah Manuel is the team鈥檚 captain.鈥�

In addition to the Rainbow 6 Siege team, Ragin鈥� Cajuns Esports team member Taijea "KayLay" Ledet placed second in the 鈥檚 Tekken 8 playoff tournament.

The ECAC鈥檚 Rainbow 6 Siege and Tekken 8 online tournaments were completed in late December. Each tournament 鈥� whose names refer to popular video games in electronic sports, or Esports, contests 鈥� featured about 90 competitors.

The ECAC鈥檚 Esports program includes about 160 schools that field some 1,100 teams that compete in 14 different Esports games. Seven-week regular seasons of online tournaments are held each spring and fall semester. Playoffs that feature between 16 and 32 of the best teams or players from their respective divisions follow.

For more information about the Ragin鈥� Cajuns Esports team or how to join, contact Michelle Bernard, the team鈥檚 adviser, at michelle.bernard@louisiana.edu.

Photo caption: A 10-student group of Ragin鈥� Cajun Esports team members won the Eastern College Athletic Conference Rainbow 6 Siege playoff tournament. Several members of the winning team include, from left, Nathan Touchet, team captain Elijah Manuel, Deion Onezine, Paul Justin and Reagan Wolf. In individual competition, Ragin Cajun Esports鈥� Taijea "KayLay" Ledet, not pictured, placed second in the ECAC鈥檚 Tekken 8 playoff tournament. Submitted photo