WVU Esports champ wins once more

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Noah Johnson, a WVU economics key from Baltimore, Maryland, does not know what the foreseeable future holds for him when it will come to Esports but does know he has a little something cooking at the current time.

Johnson took dwelling the Amount Subsequent Madden Nationwide Championship in the college or university realm very last week and competed in a qualified tournament Wednesday wherever he gained the Thanksgiving Madden Championship.

Johnson, who was WVU’s very first Esports recruit, recently appeared on MetroNews ‘Talkline’ to focus on his profession so considerably after creating a assertion with the national championship.

“I started out participating in with my father increasing up,” he said. “I figured out these tournaments on the web and I begun enjoying in them. I begun undertaking well in these on the internet tournaments and upcoming detail you know I’m participating in in these high-degree tournaments.”

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— WVU Esports (@WVUEsports) November 25, 2021

Johnson performed Wednesday and was victorious  in the MCS (Madden Championship Sequence), a person of the series’ 4 major tournaments. He was the fourth ranked Madden NFL 22 player in the globe likely into the party the place $75,000 was on the line.

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— MetroNews (@WVMetroNews) November 22, 2021

Johnson received $25,000, a belt and ring with his collegiate national championship win above Weber Point out. He sophisticated to the winner’s bracket as a Mountaineer with a very last-second field purpose to conquer Weber Point out, 17-14.

Johnson then beat Weber Condition yet again in the championship sport, 23-21, by changing a 4th and 10 engage in to sustain possession of the ball and run out the clock for the win. In the semifinal, Johnson defeat Oregon 31-14.

“I could have punted the ball and experimented with to participate in some protection but I took a danger and went for it on 4th and 10. I located DK Metcalf open up, he caught it and that is all that issues,” Johnson stated of his gaming choice.

He added that actively playing Madden and Esports can take expertise these kinds of as getting in a position to alter mid-recreation and remaining on your toes. He stated that he watches opponents’ earlier video games on Youtube and scouts their tendencies in advance of kickoff.

WVU said Esports is at present holding tryouts for competitiveness to start off in the spring for Get in touch with of Obligation, Rocket League and Valorant.

“Esports could be enormous. I am on the roller coaster of it and I’ll see where it normally takes me. I actually have no clue,” Johnson claimed.