The Purdue Northwest Athletics program will host the 2025 Esports GLIAC Championships Saturday, February 15 - Sunday, February 16. This will be the first time Purdue University Northwest will make history as this will be the first time the PNW Pride host the GLIAC Esports Championships.
"On behalf of the Pride of Purdue University Northwest, we are excited to host the 2025 GLIAC Esports Tournament and thrilled to bring outstanding collegiate esports competition to PNW and Northwest Indiana. We invite all gamers to join us for this free event and experience our amazing team and state-of-the-art Esports arena." said
Rick Costello, Director of Athletics at Purdue Northwest.
The tournament will begin on Saturday, February 15 at 9:00 AM CT, while the Championship rounds will start on Sunday, February 16 at 10:00 AM CT. The games will be played in Student Union Library Building (SULB) on the Hammond Campus.
"It's been an honor to plan and host the GLIAC Esports Championship at PNW this year," said Shadow Chanthadouangsy, Purdue Northwest Esports Head Coach. "I'd like to thank the PNW staff and the GLIAC esports community for their support in making this event possible. I'm incredibly excited to see our esports teams compete at our facility and showcase their hard work."
Games To Be Played:
Super Smash Brothers: Ultimate, Rocket League, League of Legends, Valorant
Schools Competing:
Davenport University (DU)
Ferris State University (FSU)
Grand Valley State University (GVSU)
Michigan Technological University (MTU)
Purdue University Northwest (PNW)
Roosevelt University (RU)
Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU)
Wayne State University (WSU)
Seeding for each game:
| SSBU |
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Rocket League |
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League of Legends |
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Valorant |
| #1 Seed |
MTU |
|
#1 Seed |
DU |
|
#1 Seed |
PNW |
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|
#1 Seed |
DU |
| #2 Seed |
SVSU |
|
#2 Seed |
GVSU |
|
#2 Seed |
DU |
|
|
#2 Seed |
MTU |
| #3 Seed |
DU |
|
#3 Seed |
MTU |
|
#3 Seed |
RU |
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|
#3 Seed |
PNW |
| #4 Seed |
GVSU |
|
#4 Seed |
Ferris |
|
#4 Seed |
MTU |
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|
#4 Seed |
GVSU |
| #5 Seed |
WSU |
|
#5 Seed |
PNW |
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#5 Seed |
SVSU |
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|
#5 Seed |
SVSU |
| #6 Seed |
FSU |
|
#6 Seed |
SVSU |
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#6 Seed |
GVSU |
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|
#6 Seed |
WSU |
| #7 Seed |
PNW |
|
#7 Seed |
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#7 Seed |
WSU |
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|
#7 Seed |
FSU |
| #8 Seed |
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|
#8 Seed |
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The event will be streamed live on Twitch ->
https://www.twitch.tv/pnw_esports
Davenport is the defending team champion with Purdue Northwest and Michigan Tech finishing tied for second place in 2024.
The Pride won the League of Legends title in 2024 and now look to defend their crown in 2025.
For more information, please contact Purdue Northwest Esports Head Coach,
Shadow Chanthadouangsy at
chanthad@purdue.edu or go to pnwathletics.com.
