MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University is known for its Division I sports teams. But inside of room 137 of the Business and Aerospace Building on campus sits a different type of school sports team.
Middle Tennessee News reporter Jayce Standridge, a senior in the MTSU School of Journalism and Strategic Media, talked with host Andrew Oppmann about the growing esports program on campus in the August edition of “Out of the Blue,” the television magazine program for MTSU.
Watch the full segment below with host Andrew Oppmann, vice president for marketing and communications:
Esports — short for electronic sports — is a competitive organized form of video gaming where individuals as well as teams face off in popular games.
“MTSU ESportsis a school-recognized club in the National Esports Collegiate Conference, or the NECC (which) boasts over 400 schools and universities, and each competes against each other for a shot at a national championship,” …