Quest Nutrition has announced that it will now be sponsoring Robert Morris University (RMU)’s eSports program. Through the partnership, Quest will encourage top-level collegiate virtual gaming athletes to live healthier lifestyles through better balanced nutrition.
The partnership will support all 75 of the university’s competitive gaming students, as well as their RMU eSports teams, including League of Legends, Counter Strike, DOTA 2, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm.
“Quest Nutrition is honored to be part of Robert Morris University’s revolutionary eSports program,” says Nick Robinson, Quest Nutrition’s CMO. “In a sport where milliseconds mean the difference between winning and losing, what you eat is vitally important. Quest Nutrition will provide RMU’s eSports athletes with nutritional guidance and Quest products to help them perform at their best.”
Quest is the leading health foods manufacturer in North America. The company was one of the first non-endemic brands to support the eSports community, having begun its efforts in late 2014 with its of Team Liquid. This new partnership allows Quest to support competitive gamers everywhere by offering healthy snack alternatives.
Robert Morris University eSports is the first collegiate program to offer scholarships to their student athletes, with over $1.5 million in scholarship money allocated for the 2016-2017 school year. The school continues to be at the forefront of collegiate eSports with continued success in League of Legends, finishing second place in the University League of Legends (uLoL) competition last year.
