BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Five LIU eSports athletes have been named Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week by Eastern College Athletic Conference it was announced in a release on Thursday. Johnson Scoggins was named the Valorant Player of the Week, while teammate Brandon Kiam earned Valorant Rookie of the Week. In League of Legends play, Peter Plocharczyk was named Player of the Week and Jason Chen scored Rookie of the Week. Freshman Tyler Dorsey earned the title of Madden Rookie of the Week.
 
The Valorant Player of the Week, Johnson Scoggins, led the Sharks in a comeback sweep against Lyco College. This revival was pulled off in part thanks to Johnson's impressive play and stat lines going 21/17/7. He then went 26/16/4 in his team's two-match victory. Johnson was able to pull an impressive line of 32/23/4.
 
Brandon Kiam, named the Valorant Rookie of the Week, was able to come up big in the Sharks second win of the season in the open division. Brandon was able to post 51 kills across three maps while using his abilities to control the map.
 
A three-year starter, Peter Plocharczyk found himself in a win-and-win scenario to make it into the playoffs. Coming out strong, Plocharczyk was able to play it cool up with a stat line of 8/3/10. Plocharczyk scaled his champion up to become an unstoppable force finishing the game with 32% of the damage dealt to the Golden Knights. In game two, Plocharczyk was able to take out St. Rose with a dominant 13/3/9 stat line on Samira. Sporting a 7.3 KDA and CSing at a rate of nearly 8 CS/per minute, Plocharczyk was able to conquer the knights and lead his team to playoffs.
 
Jason Chen made his debut just two weeks ago and with this week's performance earned himself the title of League of Legends Rookie of the Week. With his impressive mechanical skills, Chen drew multiple bans in both games during the set against St. Rose. Even then, Chen's early game pressure turned the tide in game one as he was able to pilot Nunu in a 4.25 KDA stat line. In game two, Chen was able to fall back onto a comfort pick in Hecarim, and it showed his expertise on the chance. Going 8/1/17, Chen was all over the map leading to the team on its way into the playoffs.
 
In Madden, Tyler Dorsey nabbed the Rookie of the Week accolade. Dorsey has come out swinging in the opening weeks of Madden PS4 play. Starting 2-0, Dorsey came up against the always formidable Muskingum University. With a strong showing against the Muskies in game one, Dorsey's impressive passing attack pushed the Shark to a 13-31 victory. This was then followed up by an impressive defense performance that saw Dorsey force multiple turnovers leading to his opponent conceding.