HCC Esports
HCC Esports
HCC Esports Center
HCC’s Esports Center is located in Student Center room 170. Stop in between classes to play your favorite games on high-end gaming PCs. The room is open for general gaming use from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. Gaming headsets are available to use, or you can bring your own. For questions, information, and to join our Discord server, reach out to our Esports Specialist, Aaron Samson, by phone 240-500-2777 or email atsamson@hagerstowncc.edu.
Esports Teams
HCC Esports participates in National Esports Collegiate Conference, competing with other teams across the US and Canada. HCC’s inaugural Valorant team finished second in Spring playoffs, and our Rocket League won their 2024 Spring playoffs season! For more info on the NECC, visit https://necc.gg/
Full-time students can join Rocket League, Marvel Rivals, Overwatch 2, and Valorant competitive teams. They can also earn transfer scholarships to four-year colleges for their Esports participation!
Games Available
The Esports Center currently offers the following titles:
Apex Legends
CS 2
Dead by Daylight
DOTA
Fragpunk
Fortnite
Halo Infinite
Hearthstone
League of Legends
Marvel Rivals
Overwatch 2
Rainbow 6 Siege
Rocket League
Smite
Valorant
Aaron Samson
Starting in 2023 as the Esports Specialist at HCC, Aaron shaped the foundation of the college's Esports program, establishing an identity for the school in the collegiate scene, and forming three competitive teams for Overwatch, Rocket League, and Valorant. In the first year alone, HCC made several playoffs appearances in these titles in the National Esports Collegiate Conference, the league it currently competes in. Both the Valorant and Rocket League teams made it to the NECC Nationals, with the former also securing a Spring 2024 Playoffs title and trophy for HCC in the NECC's Navigators division.
Aaron also runs HCC's Esports Center, a place for casual gaming, competitive rosters to practice and hone their skills, and to foster community and a thriving Esports scene at HCC.
Aaron earned a BSBA from Drexel University in 2022, where he also worked as a League of Legends Game Lead from 2019 to 2021.