From MEAC Sports:
NORFOLK, Va.,Oct. 8, 2020 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Blaze Fire Games have announced Myles Poston and Garnet Person as the first MEAC Esports League winners.
Poston (gamer tag: mylesposton) won the NBA2K 20 tournament, while Person (gamer tag: prophet_nf) won the Madden NFL 20 tournament.
Poston is a 2015 graduate of Howard University, where he earned a degree in Business Management. He currently co-owns a sports agency called DEAL with his father, Kevin. The father-and-son duo represents NBA, NFL and professional esports athletes.
Person, representing Coppin State University, is the son of Coppin State Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) Nichole Person.
Both players received cash prizes and custom MEAC game controllers, courtesy of Blaze Fire Games.
Visit www.meacesports.com for more information and to register for future tournaments.
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) celebrates its 50th year of intercollegiate competition with the 2020-21 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.
