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 pick for Game of the Week
eXyu, Jungle, Dignitas Academy
eXyu got to play Lee Sin twice in week 2 for some reason. He picked up 7 kills in each game, and his 7/1/9 showing against C9 Academy must have felt especially good since he was part of the org’s now-defunct Amateur team last year and they opted to import Malice instead of bringing him up into Academy themselves. His constant trap plays with JayJ paid off beautifully, and he capped his week with a game-winning Baron steal against TLA.
Trust me, you need to keep watching this player.
CLG have had a relatively weak Academy program overall this year, but Tuesday has really been stepping up lately and giving the team something to be proud of. His pair of Rumble games in week 7 was almost enough to earn a couple of wins, but even though CLG came out 0-2, Tuesday’s personal contributions were still worthy of highlighting.