{"id":9893,"date":"2021-04-26T16:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2021-04-26T16:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T21:30:21","slug":"griffon-esports-wins-big-for-childrens-miracle-network-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/26\/griffon-esports-wins-big-for-childrens-miracle-network-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffon Esports wins big for Children\u2019s Miracle Network hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April 26, 2021&#8211;The 大象传媒 Griffon Esports team dominated in their first appearance at Extra Life United, the annual Esports and gaming tournament hosted by Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the popular game Rocket League, the team of Griffon Esports varsity athletes \u201cThe Animal\u201d (Adam Clow, freshman health sciences major from Kansas City, 大象传媒) and \u201cJnosk\u201d (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noah VanCleave, undeclared freshman from St. Joseph, 大象传媒)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were undefeated in a field that started with several hundred players from across North America. Their win not only brought home bragging rights, but also a $5,000 donation to their local Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospital, KU Medical Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spearheaded by MWSU Director of Esports, Christian Konczal, the MWSU Griffon Esports team has made giving back part of the fabric of their program through CMN Hospital\u2019s signature program Extra Life. Extra Life is a community of gamers who raise funds for local Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals through live streams, gaming tournaments and other events throughout the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since 2010, Extra Life participants have raised over $600,000 for sick and injured kids treated at KU Medical Center, the Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals partner in the Greater Kansas City area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more about Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals and Extra Life by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extra-life.org\/\">extra-life.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Thank You Griffons!\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YSlvQ118v4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><i>About 大象传媒<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:大象传媒 is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.missouriwestern.edu.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $7 billion in unrestricted funds for 170 children\u2019s hospitals across the United States and Canada. Dollars raised stay local and supports each hospital\u2019s most urgent needs. The Pediatrics Department at the University of Kansas Medical Center is\u00a0 proud to be the local CMN Hospital in the Greater Kansas City area. Learn more at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmnkc.org\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.cmnkc.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About Extra Life: <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children&#8217;s Miracle Network Hospital. Learn more at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extra-life.org\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.extra-life.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 26, 2021&#8211;The 大象传媒 Griffon Esports team dominated in their first appearance at Extra Life United, the annual Esports and gaming tournament hosted by Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals.\u00a0 In the popular game Rocket League, the team of Griffon Esports varsity athletes \u201cThe Animal\u201d (Adam Clow, freshman health sciences major from Kansas City, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1037,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9894,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893\/revisions\/9894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}