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Legendary: UM Video Game Team Scores National Championship

May 29, 2025/

Grizzly Esports at the University of Montana recently leveled up with its first team to win a video game college national championship.

The five-member UM squad competed in League of Legends, a strategy game in which two teams of powerful champions face off to destroy each other’s base. Players choose from among 140 champion varieties who work together online to secure kills and take down towers as they battle their way to victory. The multiplayer game boasts 120 million monthly users.

UM won the championship May 6, competing in the National Esports Collegiate Conference organization. NECC hosts competitions for 500 participating colleges.


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