{"id":14805,"date":"2021-04-09T02:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T02:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/t1-announces-valorant-academy-roster"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:00:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:00:50","slug":"t1-announces-valorant-academy-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/t1-announces-valorant-academy-roster","title":{"rendered":"T1 announces Valorant Academy roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the signing of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/t1-adds-former-owl-champion-ans-to-valorant-roster\">Overwatch League champion Lee &#8220;ANS&#8221; Seon-chang<\/a>, T1 has unveiled the rest of players that will be a part of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\">Valorant<\/a> Academy team.<\/p>\n<p>In a quick announcement video posted on Twitter and YouTube, the org presented Dylan &#8220;Assert&#8221; Romo, Anthony &#8220;Dawn&#8221; Hagopian, Evan &#8220;Esotz&#8221; Rodriguez, and Andrew Hilton as the new members of T1 Valorant.<\/p>\n<div style=\"left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rPr6LCrBD0M\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rPr6LCrBD0M?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rPr6LCrBD0M?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/rPr6LCrBD0M\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>David Denis, T1&#8217;s coach mentioned back when they signed ANS that his vision for the org&#8217;s Valorant efforts involved an Academy team that could help grow internal competition &#8220;with really good players who are hungry, developing, and improving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/fnatic-sign-derke-and-magnum-to-revitalize-valorant-roster\">Fnatic sign Derke and Magnum to revitalise Valorant roster<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This second wave of Academy players follows the previous squad that was signed back in June and included the likes of Haydin &#8220;ZerG&#8221; Gordon, Kurtis &#8220;Kurt&#8221; Gallo, Eeiu, and Rara. 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