Esports Industry Awards 2018 - Call of Duty Cleans Up with Three Awards
By Nicholas Barth ·
It was a very successful night for Call of Duty esports at the 2018 Esports Industry Awards, as three members of the professional scene took home awards.
The night of Monday, November 12th saw the esports industry honor their own in the 2018 Esports Industry Awards. All areas of the ever growing and expanding industry were covered at the 2018 Industry Awards with one esports scene in particular taking home a few awards. The professional Call of Duty scene was able to walk away from the 2018 Esports Industry Awards with members of the competitive community securing the titles of Broadcaster of the Year, Play of the Year and Console Rookie of the Year.
Broadcaster of the Year
A fan favorite of Call of Duty fans when it comes to breaking down all of the adrenaline pumping action that can come from a Call of Duty World League match, Clint "Maven" Evans was honored with the Esports Broadcaster of the Year due to his work with the 2018 Call of Duty World League (CWL) season for Call of Duty: WWII. With viewership numbers for the Black Ops 4 CWL season expected to be sky high, many viewers will have an award winning broadcast talent in Maven relaying everything you need to know throughout the year.
Esports Broadcaster of the Year at the @esportsawards !!!
— Clint Evans (@Maven) November 12, 2018
Absolutely unreal. Thank you everyone <3 pic.twitter.com/Z8DKslSpJs
Console Rookie of the Year
Kenny "Kenny" Williams exploded onto the landscape of the CWL in 2018 with his talent leading the way for Team Kaliber in securing three major LAN championships and a second place finish at the 2018 CWL Championship. Now, 100 Thieves will be looking for Kenny to carry on the level of play that earned him the Console Rookie of the Year award at the 2018 Esports Industry Awards into the CWL season for Black Ops 4.
Your Esports Console Rookie of the Year is @kennykuavo of @100thieves congratulations #ESPORTSAWARDS pic.twitter.com/HyojPDQSda
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 12, 2018
Play of the Year
There was a large amount of competition for the Play of the Year award at the 2018 esports Industry Awards. However, it was not too shocking to see the Search and Destroy one versus three clutch in round 11 against OpTic Gaming by Dillon "Attach" Price of FaZe Clan claim the title of Play of the Year, as the highlight play helped FaZe Clan secure the CWL Global Pro League Stage 1 Playoffs against an age old rival.
Going from the biggest choke a couple years back to Winning Esports Play of the Year is insane to me!
— FaZe Attach (@Attach) November 12, 2018
Thank you for the support and everyone who voted for me ❤️
With the professional Call of Duty scene able to secure multiple honors at the 2018 Esports Industry Awards thanks to Maven, Kenny and Attach, the entire community will now be looking for the CWL season of Black Ops 4 to deliver even more performances, plays and broadcast entertainment that will have Call of Duty esports ready to take away even more awards in 2019.
(cover photo courtesy of Dexerto, Major League Gaming and Esports Industry Awards)