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University of California, Irvine (shortened to UC Irvine or UCI) is a university in Irvine, California, with teams in many sports. Its League of Legends team was founded as an informal club in 2011. In 2015, the school created an official League of Legends collegiate team.
History[]
Timeline[]
- 2011
- 2012
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2024
- August (approx.),
University of California, Irvine forms a League of Legends team.
CronoRegen,
BabyPandaKiller,
lilkvn,
BushidoStyle, and
Reduron join. - September (approx.),
PawnGypsy,
MasteR of LoL, and
Mezeker join.
CronoRegen,
BabyPandaKiller, and
BushidoStyle move to substitutes. - October (approx.),
Veetine joins.
Mezeker moves to substitute.
- November (approx.),
University of California, Irvine disbands its League of Legends team.
PawnGypsy,
MasteR of LoL,
lilkvn,
Veetine,
Reduron,
CronoRegen,
BabyPandaKiller,
BushidoStyle, and
Mezeker leave.
- September (approx.),
Tower of God,
Captain Kyru,
Chizek,
Amjc3, and
Mocking J join.
Danman96 and
Anjo join as substitutes.
- September 15,
Loc Tran,
Youngbin,
Frostalicious,
Lattman, and
BloodWater join.
Captain Kyru,
Chizek,
Amjc3,
Mocking J,
Danman96, and
Anjo leave.[1]
- 2018 (approx.), Richerich (Analyst) joins.
- January 27,
Tower of God leaves. - February 3,
Cpt Nuke joins. - June (approx.), Tower of God (Assistant Coach) rejoins.
- September 21,
Im Avi and PengusPelp (Assistant Coach) join. Youngbin (Jungle to Bot) changes position. Lattman (Bot to Manager) changes position.
Loc Tran (Manager), ido (Assistant Coach), Tower of God (Assistant Coach), and Richerich (Analyst) leave.[3]
- February (approx.),
JPQ,
MultiTasker, and
Kim Down join as substitutes. - May (approx.), Tower of God (Assistant Coach) rejoins.
- June 13,
BloodWater and
Frostalicious leave.[4] - July 8, Coachman (Head Coach) leaves.[5]
- September (approx.), PengusPelp (Assistant Coach), Tower of God (Assistant Coach), and Lattman (Manager) leave.
- September 30,
Im Avi leaves.[6]
- January 24,
Im Avi rejoins.[7] - January 25, Hermes (Head Coach) joins.[8]
Kim Down moves to starting roster.[9]
MultiTasker leaves. - August (approx.),
clonesheep7,
duong pro,
SuperFranky, and
Johns join.
dtro18 joins as substitute. - October 28,
MikeYeung joins.[10] - November 9,
Descraton leaves.[11] - November (approx.),
Avi leaves.
- January 23,
Somesort joins.
Misterdot joins as substitute.
duong pro moves to substitute.
Captain Nuke,
SuperFranky, and
Johns leave. - April 2 (approx.), Youngbin (Bot to Mid) changes position.
Misterdot moves to starting roster. - June 18,
Youngbin leaves.[12] - July 7,
Gino joins as substitute. - September 20 (approx.),
Berik,
Cinnamon Bread, and
Sahori join.
duong pro and
dtro18 move to starting roster.[13] - November 5,
Dongha,
TacoVaco, and Alvin (Manager) join.
clonesheep7,
MikeYeung, and Shoogle (Manager) leave.[14]
- January 12, Cinnamon Bread renames to Cinna.[15]
- February 11,
ikuta lilas joins. - February 27,
XiaoDanny joins.[16]
Somesort retires.[17] - April 1,
Dongha leaves. - June 9,
Benefactor Sam joins.
ikuta lilas and
TacoVaco leave.[18] - July 21,
Youngbin rejoins as temporary substitute for UPL 2022 Summer Playoffs, replacing sahori. - July 22,
Youngbin (temporary substitute) leaves. - August 3,
Kim Down leaves. - October 7,
Berik leaves.[19] - October 15,
sahori leaves.[20] - October 23,
Elated,
Gorica, and
Lightpulse join.
MikeYeung rejoins. - November 9,
dtro18 leaves.[21] - November 30,
Debounair and
Sliggins join.
Gino moves to starting roster.
duong pro and
XiaoDanny leave.[22] Benefactor Sam renames to Glorias.
- January 19,
Jinkesi and
kurulean join as substitutes.
Gino moves to substitute.
Excelsis,
Debounair,
Misterdot, and
Sliggins leave.[23] - July 12, Hermes (Head Coach) leaves.[24]
- October 25, Joey (Head Coach) joins.[25]
- October 31, Elated changes residency from North America to Americas. Lightpulse changes residency from North America to Americas. Cinna changes residency from North America to Americas. Jinkesi changes residency from North America to Americas. Joey changes residency from North America to Americas. Gino changes residency from North America to Americas. Gorica changes residency from North America to Americas. Team changes region from North America to Americas due to Riot reorganizing the regions. MikeYeung changes residency from North America to Americas. Kurulean changes residency from North America to Americas.
Player Roster[]
Current[]
- Contract Expiration Notice: To prevent over-reporting of changes, we are keeping players with expired contracts listed here until either (a) an announcement is made from the player or the team about their departure; (b) the player joins another team; or (c) the 2025 season begins & the player is not re-added to the GCD, whichever happens first.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elated | Minh Pham | Top Laner | Oct 20222022-10-23 | ||
| MikeYeung | Michael Yeung | Jungler | Oct 20222022-10-23 | ||
| Cinna | Benjamin Chang | Mid Laner | ≈Sep 2021≈2021-09-20 | ||
| Gorica | Alexander Gorica | Bot Laner | Oct 20222022-10-23 | ||
| Lightpulse | Brett Narkiewicz | Support | Oct 20222022-10-23 | ||
| Gino | Long Do | Sub/Top | Jul 20212021-07-07 | ||
| Jinkesi | Mike Mai | Sub/Bot | Jan 20242024-01-19 | ||
| kurulean | Matthew Nguyen | Sub/Sup | Jan 20242024-01-19 |
Former[]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsis | Samuel Chen | Jungler | Jun 20222022-06-09 | Jan 20242024-01-19 |  BEN | ||
| Debounair | Donovin Boun | Mid Laner | Nov 20222022-11-30 | Jan 20242024-01-19 |  CLWN | ||
| Misterdot | Andrew Liu | Bot Laner | Jan 20212021-01-23 | Jan 20242024-01-19 |  NE | ||
| Sliggins | Ryan Gilson | Support | Nov 20222022-11-30 | Jan 20242024-01-19 |  TTA | ||
| duong pro | Duong Tran | Jungler | ≈Aug 2020≈2020-08-?? | Nov 20222022-11-30 | NE | ||
| XiaoDanny | Daniel Coyle | Mid Laner | Feb 20222022-02-27 | Nov 20222022-11-30 |  ZEN | ||
| dtro18 | Dylan Tran | Support | ≈Aug 2020≈2020-08-?? | Nov 20222022-11-09 |  SN | ||
| sahori | John Vu | Bot Laner | ≈Sep 2021≈2021-09-20 | Oct 20222022-10-15 |  YB | ||
| Berik | Erik Kim | Top Laner | ≈Sep 2021≈2021-09-20 | Oct 20222022-10-07 |  MIR | ||
| Kim Down | Ethan Song | Support | ≈Feb 2019≈2019-02-?? | Aug 20222022-08-03 |  TBA | ||
| Youngbin | Jung Young-bin (정영빈) | Bot Laner (+) (–) Temp Sub | Jul 20222022-07-21 | Jul 20222022-07-22 | ZEN | ||
| ikuta lilas | Jungler | Feb 20222022-02-11 | Jun 20222022-06-09 |  UCXD | |||
| TacoVaco | Lanjie Tsai | Jungler | Nov 20212021-11-05 | Jun 20222022-06-09 | None | ||
| Dongha | Dylan Chen | Top Laner | Nov 20212021-11-05 | Apr 20222022-04-01 |  Retired | ||
| Somesort | Danny Yi | Mid Laner | Jan 20212021-01-23 | Feb 20222022-02-27 | Retired | ||
| clonesheep7 | Kevin Li | Top Laner | ≈Aug 2020≈2020-08-?? | Nov 20212021-11-05 | Retired | ||
| MikeYeung | Michael Yeung | Jungler | Oct 20202020-10-28 | Nov 20212021-11-05 |  3P | ||
| Youngbin | Jung Young-bin (정영빈) | Mid Laner | ≈Sep 2017≈2017-09-?? | Jun 20212021-06-18 |  OQ | ||
| Captain Nuke | Evan Phu | Top Laner | Feb 20182018-02-03 | Jan 20212021-01-23 |  REX | ||
| Avi | Avi Behar | Jungler | Jan 20202020-01-24 | ≈Nov 2020≈2020-11-?? |  RAD | ||
| Descraton | Jeffrey Du | Mid Laner | Mar 20172017-03-02 | Nov 20202020-11-09 |  CLR | ||
| MultiTasker | Jimmy Bi | Sub/Jun | ≈Feb 2019≈2019-02-?? | Jan 20202020-01-25 | Retired | ||
| Im Avi | Avi Behar | Jungler | Sep 20182018-09-21 | Sep 20192019-09-30 |  UCI | ||
| BloodWater | Lyubomir Spasov | Support | Sep 20162016-09-15 | Jun 20192019-06-13 | Retired | ||
| Frostalicious | Parsa Baghai | Sub/Bot | Sep 20162016-09-15 | Jun 20192019-06-13 |  AVI | ||
| Lattman | James Lattman | Bot Laner | Sep 20162016-09-15 | Sep 20182018-09-21 | UCI | ||
| Loc Tran | Loc Tran | Sub/Jun | Sep 20162016-09-15 | Sep 20182018-09-21 | Retired | ||
| Tower of God | Justin Choi | Top Laner | ≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-?? | Jan 20182018-01-27 | UCI | ||
| Youngbin | Jung Young-bin (정영빈) | Mid Laner | Sep 20162016-09-15 | Feb 20172017-02-28 |  TL | ||
| Anjo | Angelo Joshua Cortez | Sub/Sup | ≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-?? | Sep 20162016-09-15 | Retired | ||
| PawnGypsy | Adrian Mandee | Top Laner | ≈Sep 2011≈2011-09-?? | ≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-?? University of California, Irvine disbands its League of Legends team. PawnGypsy, MasteR of LoL, lilkvn, Veetine, Reduron, CronoRegen, BabyPandaKiller, BushidoStyle, and Mezeker leave. |  1TP | ||
| MasteR of LoL | Joshua Webb | Jungler | ≈Sep 2011≈2011-09-?? | ≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-?? University of California, Irvine disbands its League of Legends team. PawnGypsy, MasteR of LoL, lilkvn, Veetine, Reduron, CronoRegen, BabyPandaKiller, BushidoStyle, and Mezeker leave. |  VUL | ||
| lilkvn | Kevin Nguyen | Mid Laner | ≈Aug 2011≈2011-08-?? | ≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-?? University of California, Irvine disbands its League of Legends team. PawnGypsy, MasteR of LoL, lilkvn, Veetine, Reduron, CronoRegen, BabyPandaKiller, BushidoStyle, and Mezeker leave. | 1TP | ||
| Veetine | Valentine Duong | Bot Laner | ≈Oct 2011≈2011-10-?? | ≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-?? University of California, Irvine disbands its League of Legends team. PawnGypsy, MasteR of LoL, lilkvn, Veetine, Reduron, CronoRegen, BabyPandaKiller, BushidoStyle, and Mezeker leave. |  AG | ||
| Reduron | Linh Pham | Support | ≈Aug 2011≈2011-08-?? | ≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-?? University of California, Irvine disbands its League of Legends team. PawnGypsy, MasteR of LoL, lilkvn, Veetine, Reduron, CronoRegen, BabyPandaKiller, BushidoStyle, and Mezeker leave. | 1TP |
Organization[]
Current[]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaboom | Mark Deppe | Director of Esports | |
| Burrito | Reid Davis | Manager | |
| Joey | Joseph Haslemann | Head Coach |
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes | David Tu | Head Coach |  Gentle Hearts Gaming
| |
| Alvin | Inah Cruz | Manager | None | |
| Shoogle | Allison Le | Manager | None | |
| Lattman | James Lattman | Manager | None | |
| PengusPelp | Maximilian Wood | Assistant Coach | None | |
| Tower of God | Justin Choi | Assistant Coach | None | |
| Coachman | James Bates | Head Coach | None | |
| Loc Tran | Loc Tran | Manager | None | |
| Tower of God | Justin Choi | Assistant Coach | University of California, Irvine
| |
| ido | Ian McCormick | Assistant Coach |  University of Illinois
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| Richerich | Brian Nguyen | Analyst | None |
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
As University of California Irvine B[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| University of California, Irvine B Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2022-07-22 | 9 - 12 | UPL 2022 Summer Playoffs | Gino, Benefactor Sam, XiaoDanny, Youngbin, dtro18, Hermes | ||
| 2022-07-14 | 3 | UPL 2022 Summer - Cloud | 2 - 2  RR | Gino, Benefactor Sam, XiaoDanny, sahori, Kacha, dtro18, Hermes | |
| 2022-04-01 | 13 - 16 | UPL 2022 Spring Playoffs | Dongha, ikuta lilas, XiaoDanny, Misterdot, dtro18, Hermes | ||
| 2022-03-30 | 3 | UPL 2022 Spring - Ocean | 4 - 3 RR | Dongha, ikuta lilas, Somesort, XiaoDanny, Misterdot, dtro18, Hermes | |
| 2022-02-13 | 5 - 8 | Nerd Street Winter Champs 2022 Last Chance Qualifier | Dongha, ikuta lilas, Somesort, Misterdot, dtro18, Hermes | ||
| 2021-12-19 | 9 - 16 | Nerd Street Winter Champs 2022 Qualifier 3 | FF : W UCI | Dongha, TacoVaco, Somesort, Misterdot, dtro18, Hermes | |
| 2020-09-19 | 17 - 22 | HUE Invitational 2020 | Stephen M Ross3, Morning, HIRE ME TWITCH, lionheart, Junnypoo | ||
| Total Prize: USD 0 | |||||
Media[]
Videos[]
Highlight Videos[]
External Links[]
- University of California, Irvine on Wikipedia
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 UCI League of Legends team to feature former Team Vulcun support BloodWater thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Team Liquid Picks Up Youngbin esports.uci.edu
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Coachman's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Im Avi's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Im Avi's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 MikeYeung's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Descraton's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Goodbye and Good Luck: Cheers to Our New Graduates esports.uci.edu
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Upsurge Fall '21 Spreadsheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ PGCQ #1 Present by Unified - Tournament Sheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Spring 2022 - LoL - UPL docs.google.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Xyrem's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Roster Sheet - UPL - Summer 2022 docs.google.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Berik's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 sahori's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Rank 22 NA Challenger - An Interview with Dtro18 youtube.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 UCI Esports' X Post x.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 UCI Esports' X Post x.com
- ↑ Im Avi's Tweet twitter.com