February 17, 2026
Jeremy Goossens, director of esports at Trine University, earned honorable mention
from ECAC Esports, the comprehensive collegiate esports league where Trine competes,
for the fall 2025 season.
ECAC announced the recognition as part of its Coach of the Season and Director of the Season honors for the fall.
Trine’s varsity Overwatch team finished fourth in the nation in the ECAC’s Titans division, the league’s top division.
Twenty of Trine’s 26 esports teams qualified for national playoffs this past semester. The Valorant JV finished second in their division, while Overwatch JV finished in the top three.
With teams spanning North America, ECAC hosts two seasons each year: one in the fall and one in the spring. Each season features a seven-week regular season, which is formatted either as a round-robin or Swiss style, depending on the game. This is followed by a playoff period lasting three or four weeks.
The Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society recently named Trine University pre-med biology student Lauren Hillin of Charlotte, North Carolina, its Foy-Sagabiel Undergraduate Scholar Leader of the Year.
Two Trine University students — Chloe Laird, a chemical engineering major from Warsaw, Indiana, and Makenzie Amich, a forensic science major from Thorntown, Indiana — recently had the opportunity to connect with thousands of chemistry professionals and students from across the country at the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting in Chicago.
Steuben County community members are invited to join Trine University students and alumni and local businesses for Breaking the Silence Together, the university's inaugural mental health walk, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26.