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Tim Sevenhuysen is the founder and sole developer of Oracle's Elixir and provides a variety of consulting and contracting services throughout the esports industry. He is the former Director of Esports Analytics for 100 Thieves, served as Head of Data Science for Esports One, led Shadow.gg from 2017 to 2019, and was Statistical Consultant for Fnatic in 2015. Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimSevenhuysen.

Academy Standouts: 2022 Spring, Week 7

Academy Standouts highlights the players who performed best in the most recent week of NA Academy play. I’ll discuss a few of the most noteworthy standouts, then list some other players whose performances caught my eye below.

Watch Tim’s picks for Game of the Week:

Photo of eXyueXyu, Jungle, Dignitas Academy

DIG Academy jungler eXyu had two absolutely enormous games last week, one on Hecarim against CLG where he went 3 oh and 10 with a series of ganks, counterganks, and engages, and one where he posted 5 oh and 13 as Udyr against FlyQuest with an absolutely brutal series of jungle invasions and a top lane campout. There are a lot of strong Academy junglers, but even though he’s a rookie, eXyu might just be leading the pack.

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Academy Standouts: 2022 Spring, Week 6

Academy Standouts highlights the players who performed best in the most recent week of NA Academy play. I’ll discuss a few of the most noteworthy standouts, then list some other players whose performances caught my eye below.

Watch Tim’s picks for Game of the Week:

Photo of DiamondDiamond, Support, FlyQuest Academy

A big playmaking week from Diamond couldn’t salvage more than 1 win in 4 games for FlyQuest Academy, but it was more than enough to catch my eye. He led 2v2 kills, made roaming ganks, and set up key picks as Leona, Thresh, and Lux.

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