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Less than a year into competition as a varsity sports program, Baylor Esports and the Waco community take the national stage, simultaneously hosting the Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC) and the Texas Scholastic Esports Federation (TexSEF) Undisputed State Championships, May 1-3 across campus and downtown venues. 

Baylor’s Rocket League varsity team defeated Boise State, 4-1, to secure the program’s first-ever conference championship on Sunday at the Power Esports Conference (PEC) Grand Finals, hosted at the HyperX Esports Arena in the Luxor Pyramid in Las Vegas. 

KCEN video reporting on Baylor Esports qualifying for NACE Grand Finals

KCEN article on Baylor Esports advancing to the NACE Grand Finals

The Baylor rocket league team has been dominating recently in its first year of competition and is being rewarded for its efforts, claiming the top spot in the week’s Power Rankings by two of the four members of the Champ League Show.  

USA Esports has announced the formation of a national alliance uniting professional esports organizations and leading collegiate institutions under a single coordinated framework, marking the first time these segments have been formally connected in the United States. 

The PEC National Championship is returning to the HyperX Esports Arena in Las Vegas for the second consecutive year. The venue, located inside the world-famous Luxor Pyramid, remains the only arena to host the event in conference history and will once again serve as the stage for the PEC’s premier championship weekend.

Baylor esports qualified for one of 16 spots in the Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) Spring 2026 tournament, rising to the top of nearly 200 teams competing to qualify for the highest level of competition. 

Baylor esports secured the Rocket League championship in the Texas Collegiate Invitational, topping Lubbock Christian 4-2 in the Grand Finals on Feb. 22 in Dallas.

Baylor esports secured the Rocket League title in the Hawai’I Esports Invitational, topping Boise State 4-2 in the Championship game on Feb. 15 in Oahu.

Baylor esports qualified for one of eight spots in the Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) Fall 2025 tournament, rising to the top of a 252-team slate that competed on Saturday, Sept. 28. 

Baylor esports revealed its schedule of matchups for the nine-week fall season, announced Wednesday by Baylor esports director and coach Adam Stanley.

Baylor esports will compete in the Power Esports Conference (PEC) for the 2025-2026 season, jointly announced Monday by the PEC and Baylor esports director and coach Adam Stanley. 

Baylor esports signed professional Rocket League player Andrew “Andy” Nolan to the program’s 2025-26 recruiting class, esports director and coach Adam Stanley announced Monday.

Baylor esports signed professional Rocket League player Colby “hockser” James as the program’s first-ever student-athlete recruit, esports director and coach Adam Stanley announced Thursday.

Gaming is a rapidly evolving industry, and its impact on the world continues to expand with the market projected to grow 2-3% per year — from an estimated $187 billion in 2024 to more than $213 billion by 2027.

Baylor University esports director and coach

Baylor University welcomes Texas's top middle and high school esports teams for the TexSEF 2025 Undisputed State Championships esports competition.

Baylor continues the rapid development of its collegiate esports program with the hire of Adam Stanley as the Bears’ first esports director and coach.

Baylor students will compete this weekend in the first officially sanctioned Big 12 Conference esports tournament.

Teams from six other conference schools will join Oso Esports for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (SSBU) tournament, which will take place virtually March 1, and serve as the conference qualifier for the prestigious Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC), to be held this May in Arlington.

This past weekend, Baylor welcomed more than 450 student competitors to the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center for the fall Texas Esports League Finals, an interscholastic video gaming competition.

The event featured competition between almost 100 teams, battling it out in such games as Fortnite, Rocket League, Super Smash Bros, chess and more. Top middle and high school student teams from across Texas had been battling for 10 weeks to reach the finals, with a select few coming away as Texas State Champions.