Saints Overwatch, VALORANT qualify for North American Championship

St. Clair College’s Overwatch and VALORANT teams are heading to Texas for the Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC) North American Championship.

The VALORANT team entered the CECC Canadian qualifier as a dark horse, but showed no signs of being the underdog. The team dominated Carleton University, Toronto Metropolitan, University of Alberta and Simon Fraser University on route to claiming the Canadian bid for the North American Championship.

Saints Overwatch entered the qualifier as the favourite to win and showed why they are the undisputed top-team in Canada as they also ran through Simon Fraser in convincing fashion to qualify.

“The performances of both teams is a culmination of the hard work each of the students have been putting in all year,” said Assistant Esports Director Chris Funston. “We’re heating up at the perfect time and I can’t wait to test ourselves against the best teams and biggest programs across North America.”

The teams will travel to Arlington, Texas for the CECC held from May 5-7. There they will represent Canada to take on 15 of the top teams in collegiate esports including Boise State University, Illinois State University, Northwood University and Arizona State University. 



Saints VALORANT

Emre “Emzuwu“ Gocer, London, UK  — Esports Admin. & Entrepreneurship
Gabrielius “4Tapping Jakus, London, UK — Esports Admin. & Entrepreneurship
Mirel “Kyu“ Hrustemovic, Windsor, ON — Business Admin. Marketing
Tyler “Sushi“ Huynh, Windsor, ON  — Electrical Techniques
Jordan “Jello“ Huynh, Windsor, ON — Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technician
Youseff “Ssef“ Daghache, Windsor, ON — Honours Bachelor of Business Administration
Mark “Endeavor“ Apigo,Windsor, ON — Computer Systems Technology - Networking
Tam “Gubb“ Nguyen, Windsor, ON — Honours Bachelor of Business Administration

Saints Overwatch

Mursal “Crime” Abubaker, Brampton, ON — Computer Systems Technology - Networking
Arjun ”ArjunK”  Khela, Toronto, ON — Pre-Health Sciences
Sheldon ”Redex”  Stewart, Pointe-Claire, QC — Business Admin. Marketing
Mason ”Squeak”  Furthmiller, Fort Wayne, IN — Pre-Health Sciences
Theo ”Theholyhuan”  Ivaniv, Mississauga, ON — Computer Systems Technology - Networking
James ”Emmeryn”  Lerch, Hamilton, ON — Computer Systems Technology - Networking
David ”Grave”  Novakovic, Belle River, ON — Precision Metal Cutting


Chris Funston