A group of ÐÓ°ÉרÇø students representing its 65-member RaginÐÓ°ÉרÇø™ Cajuns Esports team won the Eastern College Athletic Conference Rainbow 6 Siege playoff tournament.
The RaginÐÓ°ÉרÇø™ Cajuns EsportsÐÓ°ÉרÇø™ 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 teamÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s captain.ÐÓ°ÉרÇø¨
In addition to the Rainbow 6 Siege team, RaginÐÓ°ÉרÇø™ Cajuns Esports team member Taijea "KayLay" Ledet placed second in the ÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s Tekken 8 playoff tournament.
The ECACÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s Rainbow 6 Siege and Tekken 8 online tournaments were completed in late December. Each tournament ÐÓ°ÉרÇø“ whose names refer to popular video games in electronic sports, or Esports, contests ÐÓ°ÉרÇø“ featured about 90 competitors.
The ECACÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s 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 RaginÐÓ°ÉרÇø™ Cajuns Esports team or how to join, contact Michelle Bernard, the teamÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s adviser, at michelle.bernard@louisiana.edu.
Photo caption: A 10-student group of RaginÐÓ°ÉרÇø™ 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 EsportsÐÓ°ÉרÇø™ Taijea "KayLay" Ledet, not pictured, placed second in the ECACÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s Tekken 8 playoff tournament. Submitted photo