Club Sports at SBU
Southwest Baptist University is growing its collection of competitive club sports, offering new opportunities in eSports and pickleball for students to vie for accolades and championships against students from other colleges and universities.
New Opportunities Beginning in Fall 2026:
Pickleball
The pickleball team will be evaluating conference opportunities between the National Collegiate Pickleball Association (NCPA) and Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating (DUPR).
Players will be placed into pairs and entered into regional and national competitions; there will also be opportunities to sharpen match skills in singles tournaments.
eSports
In eSports, SBU’s current team competes in Valorant and Marvel Rivals as a member of the Midwest eSports Conference and the Midwest Valley eSports Conference.
Expansion in 2026 will add additional games, with titles under consideration including Rocket League, League of Legends, Overwatch, Apex Legends, and Super Smash Brothers.
eSports Rosters
Valorant
Matthew Travis - Team Captain
Gabriel Hardin
Lucas Rice
Jonathon Peters
Devin Manrrique
Lucas Middleton
Marvel Rivals
Gabriel Hardin - Team Captain
Matthew Travis
Trevor Johnson
Andrew McHolland
Nicolas Forman
Devin Manrrique
Lucas Middleton - ESUB
Super Smash Brothers
Trevor Johnson - Team Captain
Andrew McHolland
Nicolas Forman
Kaleb Thompson
Andrew Shuford
Scholarship Opportunities
All students who are interested in playing a club sport at Southwest Baptist University should reach out directly to Minh Dinh, Associate Director of Club Sports: minh.dinh@sbuniv.edu
