Five Secret City Esports Players Sign To Play At NMSU

LAHS Secret City Esports team members, from left, Zane Kretz, Vigtil Szinger, Fortis Brown, Penny Doebling and Quinbee Sintay are headed to NMSU after successful high school Esports careers. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Five members of the Los Alamos High School Secret City Esports team signed letters of intent to attend New Mexico State University as members of their Esports team.

 Fortis Brown, Penny Doebling, Zane Kretz, Quinbee Sintay and Virgil Szinger are headed to NMSU after successful high school Esports careers.

Fortis Brown (iamfortis), joined the Esports Club in Fall 2023, participating for four seasons on the Mario Kart and Valorant teams. Fortis plans to study genetics and biotech and is joining the Mario Kart team at NMSU.

Penny Doebling (p3bbl3), joined the Esports Club in Spring 2024, participating for three seasons on the Mario Kart, Valorant, and Pokémon Unite teams. Penny plans to study journalism and is also joining the Mario Kart team at NMSU.

Zane Kretz (Anizaniac) joined the Esports Club in Spring 2022 and has spent six seasons participating on the Production, Splatoon, SSBU, and Valorant teams. He will be studying marketing and joining the Splatoon team at NMSU.

Amelia “Quinbee” Sintay (professor) joined the Esports Club in Spring 2023 and has spent three seasons on the Splatoon team. Quinbee is planning to study animation and is also joining the Splatoon team at NMSU.

Virgil Szinger (tallyvi) joined the Esports Club in Spring 2024 and has played for three seasons on the Splatoon team. Virgil plans to study engineering and will be the third LAHS graduate joining the Splatoon team at NMSU this fall.

Other seniors honored during the Secret City Esports awards ceremony include:

• Tristan Von Reyn, who Joined Fall 2024 and played one season on the Splatoon team
• Tony Mishler, who Joined Spring 2024 and spent three seasons on the SSBU, Street Fighter, Valorant, and Pokémon Unite teams.
• Felix Lorenc, who joined Fall 2022 and played three season on the Valorant, Apex Legends, Overwatch, StarCraft, and Mario Kart teams.
• Jacob Castro (jacthesnake), who joined Spring 2024 and played three seasons on the Hearthstone and Street Fighter teams. He will be attending Eastern New Mexico University in the fall.
• Joe Dale (blockfusster), who joined Fall 2023 and played four seasons on the Mario Kart team. He is planning to attend New Mexico Tech.
• Miles Iverson (MilesAway), joined Spring 2022 and spent five seasons on the SSBU, Production, Splatoon, Mario Kart, Valorant, and Pokémon Unite teams. He is headed to Colorado State University.
• Stringfellow (AET_Rise), who joined Spring 2022 and played for seven seasons on the SSBU, Valorant, Splatoon, Overwatch, and Pokémon Unite teams.
• Kaden Colson (wooms), who joined Spring 2022 and played for seven seasons on the SSBU, Apex Legends, Splatoon, Overwatch, Mario Kart, & Pokémon Unite teams.

This year’s Esports team took 2nd place overall in the Class 4A Team State Championship. The Rocket League, Splatoon and Mario Kart teams took first place, while Hearthstone garnered a second-place finish. Street Fighter and Smash Bros both placed fourth.

The team was recently ranked the number three program in the United States by USA Today. This is the second year in a row making the top 25.