Wichita State’s Esports director Courtney Calder played soccer more often than video games growing up in California.
Those experiences, however, helped prepare her for running the esports program, as did her time working in sales for Apple after graduating from Northwestern University. Wichita State’s varsity program, housed in the Heskett Center, offers four teams competing in Overwatch, League of Legends, Rocket League, and Valorant.