Concordia College is hosting its first esports camp Aug. 7-8. The camp, for students going into 6th-12th grades, focuses on the game Overwatch 2 and will provide a positive environment that centers on ways players can level up their skills.
Concordia esports Coach Lucas “Campo” Campoverde says that after attending the camp students will become better versed in the fundamentals of Overwatch and see an improvement in their overall gameplay. Overwatch is an objective-based, first-person shooter game that requires players to work together.
“Overwatch is impossible to compete in alone,” Campoverde says. “The game can help develop teamwork, positive communication, quick thinking, and develop friendships.”
The camp takes place in the Harvest, which is Concordia’s newly renovated official esports space on campus. This is the same location where Concordia’s Overwatch team recently won an Overwatch conference championship, defeating Florida’s Kesier University 3-2 in a best-of-five series.
Campoverde says he is hosting the camp because he wants “to foster a welcoming environment for young esports athletes” and to showcase the esports space to high schoolers who are interested in college esports programs.
Learn more about the camp and register.
Written by Jake Wiebe ’24