The Miami University Varsity E-sports program has added Super Smash Bros. (Smash) to their list of official varsity E-sports. Miami is one of the first collegiate varsity E-sports programs to adopt the wildly popular game.
The news is unsurprising given the size of Miami’s current Smash community consisting of 325 members. Under the banner of “Smash”, the varsity program has two teams – one for Super Smash Bros. Melee (Melee) and one for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U (Smash 4).
Smash 4 team captain Nathan “Hunter” Sterzenbach has been playing Super Smash Bros. since childhood, but gravitated toward the competitive scene after a few months of Smash 4.