Oso Esports, which is a competitive gaming club at Baylor University has lofty ambitions for the school. In fact, the organization is hoping that the club will soon become an official Baylor-sponsored team. This comes as esports and gaming have grown tremendously since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
“If it continues kind of growing as it has been, I could really see it being really popularized, especially at the university level,” said Oso Esports’ Chris Muniz. “It’s already become very popularized in places like A&M, UT, UTSA — they have really big followings for their esports teams.”
Part of Oso’s problem is that not many people on the Baylor campus are even aware that the club exists. However, if the team is sponsored by the school, then they would be able to recruit more players while becoming more involved in the global gaming community.
“One of our goals is to really establish esports at Baylor,” Muniz said. “Baylor has had a history of this club, but we haven’t really had a foothold yet. If Baylor talked about the team, I’m sure we could pull in tons of students that just simply don’t know the team exists.”
Baylor University is a private research institute based in Waco, Texas that was founded in 1845. As of 2021, there were over 20,000 students enrolled at the school.
(All information was provided by Baylor Lariat and Google)