In February of 2020, Grays Harbor College tapped me to build a varsity esports program. With funding from the student body, I set out to build a world-class collegiate esports program in rural western Washington. In just 14 months, I did.

• I went from an empty room to a fully-stocked esports center with 12 gaming stations and three broadcast systems.
• I produced over 400 hours of video, much with students designing & running key sections of the broadcast and giving them invaluable exposure, experience, leadership, and confidence.
• I built partnerships with local and state level high schools, and ran over 6 tournaments with those high schools. 
• I grew six separate co-ed teams (24 students), with 35% women/non-binary students.
• Three of those teams placed 6th in the nation for community & technical colleges. Considering that we are one of the smallest colleges in the nation – rather an outstanding accomplishment.
• I ran two seasons of intramurals for our non-program students and staff.
• I mentored countless non-program students to cast games, design art and video assets, manage our social media properties, run tournaments, design shirts for fundraisers, launch their own twitch channels, and code custom discord bots.
• Our campus won national recognition for excellence in broadcasting, and dozens of colleges personally thanked me for the contributions – graphics, training, student development, and collaboration – that I brought to the collegiate scene.
• And I grew our Twitch channel and merchandise shop as fundraisers, earning Twitch Partner status as a token of recognition from Amazon.

Had I stayed longer, I have no doubt we would have claimed a national championship within the next two years. My time at the program was limited to one year – but I’m hopeful the equity and diversity, broadcast excellence, and unique student opportunities that I built at Grays Harbor will be a lasting foundation.