Baruch ESA Esports Association

About the club

We've been Baruch's home for gaming since 2011. Here's where we came from, and who keeps it running.

How we got here

The club was founded in 2011 by a group of League of Legends players, and it has been Baruch's home for gaming ever since. Today it runs two tracks that feed each other: casual events on campus and on Discord, and competitive rosters in eight games.

The competitive program has results to show for it. Baruch teams won the Collegiate Starleague in 2017 and 2018, and in 2025 the VALORANT roster won the Battle of the Boroughs bracket at New York City's first Video Game Festival, beating six other CUNY schools. The League of Legends team won its CLOL division and the RSAA championship in the same season.

The casual side hosts in-person events on campus almost every Thursday of the semester: tournaments, game days, and the annual convention, plus online events and tournaments on the Discord on some Fridays. The Discord has over 1,700 members. All of it is organized by student volunteers: the e-board and staff across events, IT, marketing, and graphics. If you'd like to help run things, there's a role for that too.

2011founded
8games we compete in
23student staff
1,700+Discord members
About twenty members posing in front of pink and green tinsel curtains, under balloons spelling ESA SQUID
About thirty members lined up for a group photo in a room with dark curtains

Who runs it

The e-board and staff are all students. Say hi at any event.

Executive Board

  • President Alessa Soriano Leads the e-board and the club, and speaks for ESA on campus.
  • Vice President Nutsa Zakradze Backs up the president and helps run the club day to day.
  • Secretary Ryan Dipsingh Takes notes at meetings and sets up co-sponsorships with other orgs.
  • Treasurer Zhou Lin Keeps the club's budget and handles the funding for events.

Committees

Events

  • Haseeb Mahmood Chair
  • Hammad Abu
  • Austin Chu
  • Adrian Ma
  • Jackie Chen
  • Ashi Mager Garfield

Graphics

  • Sofia Spyropoulos Chair
  • Michelle Mei
  • Eliana
  • Katie Zhang

IT

  • Tinsley Devers Co-Chair
  • Wen Jie Jian Co-Chair
  • Derek Wong
  • Erfath Mohammed
  • Raymond Jiang

Marketing & Media

  • Nyoman Widhinata Chair
  • Axel Sambula
  • Viona Chin
  • Tony Vu

Help run it

All of it gets done by the four committees below, and any Baruch student can join one. Filling out the form takes a few minutes.

  • GraphicsDesigns the flyers, banners, and social graphics for everything the club runs.
  • ITHandles the tech at events and keeps this website running.
  • EventsPlans the Thursday in-person events, tournaments, and Game Day, then runs them on the day.
  • Marketing & MediaRuns the social accounts and covers events on camera.