Esports Awards 2022 finalists confirmed: UK talent includes Vedius, Caedrel, Yinsu Collins, Gregan and many more

A host of UK talent has been nominated for honours at the 2022 Esports Awards, including hosts, casters, coaches and more.

Today (October 27th 2022) the final list of finalists has been revealed. UK talent includes Vedius and hypoc (Esports Colour Caster of the Year), Caedrel and Gregan (Esports Desk Analyst of the Year), Yinsu Collins, James Banks, Lottie Van-Praag and Freya Spiers (Esports Host of the Year) and more.

Others include Pansy, Machine, Onset, Miles Ross and ODPixel (Esports Play By Play Caster of the Year). The full list of finalists in the on-air talent categories have been added to the full list of finalists at the bottom of this article.

Earlier in August, The University of Warwick were announced as a finalist in the Esports Collegiate Program of the Year award, and the uni’s head of esports Jack Fenton was nominated for Esports Collegiate Ambassador of the Year.

Warwick is the first UK university to be nominated for the collegiate award, among an otherwise all-American shortlist, and Jack is the first UK finalist for the collegiate ambassador award.

Jack Fenton, award nominee and head of esports at Warwick, said: “Warwick being named as a finalist for this international esports award is a breakthrough moment not just for us, but for the UK. It’s an honour to be the first UK University to be nominated for this prestigious award and to be able to play a significant role in the growth of UK esports. I am delighted that after five years of hard work the team are receiving the recognition they deserve.”

The University of Warwick was named UK’s Esports University of the Year for the fourth year in a row earlier this year.

UK cosplayers LittleJem and Anaelic have also been nominated for Esports Cosplay of the Year, as has Har_Fie, who is based in the UK.

Then, in the Esports Creative of the Year category, UK-based Tiago ‘Liquid Enigma’ Paixao has received a nomination among others.

These finalists join others who have already been announced, such as those in the Industry and Entertainment categories. For example, British esports journalists Adam Fitch and Richard Lewis are once again up for the Esports Journalist of the Year award.

The new finalists were announced by Parker ‘Interro’ Mackay, Yinsu Collins and Thom ‘Fdot’ Badinger as part of Esports Awards’ fourth Spotlight Show of the year. The show also featured a quiz where Valorant expert Yinsu and Rainbow 6 expert Interro went head-to-head to see who knows more about esports.

“It is such an honour to bring together so many talented individuals, organisations, and brands from across the globe and provide a platform for them to get the recognition and celebration that they deserve. I am so happy to see the massive amounts of growth in the creative categories this year and look forward to welcoming everyone to a night of excitement and celebration in Las Vegas in December,” said Michael Ashford, CEO of the Esports Awards.

This year’s Esports Awards will be hosted at Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas on December 13th.

The Spotlight Show also played host to an interview with Jake Lucky, esports personality, interviewer, presenter, and reporter, who discussed Full Squad Gaming’s nomination for Content Group of the Year, an organisation he recently joined.

Esports Awards 2022 list of finalists

Esports Colour Caster of the Year

• Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill
• Andrew ‘Vedius’ Day
• Michael ‘hypoc’ Robins
• Isaac ‘Azael’ Cummings-Bentley
• Matt ‘Mr X’ Morello
• Niclas ‘Pengu’ Mouritzen
• Andy ‘Bravo’ Dudynsky
• Thomas ‘Chance’ Ashworth
• James ‘Jamesbot’ Villar
• Trent ‘TrentPax’ MacKenzie
• Daniel Ray ‘Artosis’ Stemkoski

Esports Desk Analyst of the Year

• Emily Rand
• Marc Robert ‘Caedrel’ Lamont
• Anthony ‘NAMELESS’ Wheeler
• Jessica ‘JessGOAT’ Bolden
• Mimi ‘aEvilcat’ Wermcrantz
• Alyssa ‘Allycxt’ Parker
• Jacob ‘Pimp’ Winneche
• Janko ‘YNk’ Paunović 
• Mike ‘Gregan’ Ellis
• Jonathan ‘Reinforce’ Larsson
• Avery ‘SVG’ Silverman

Esports Host of the Year

• Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere
• Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez
• James ‘Dash’ Patterson
• Caleb ‘WavePunk’ Simmons
• Lottie Van-Praag 
• Yinsu ‘Yinsu’ Collins
• Ana Paula ‘Ana Xisdê’ Cardoso
• James Banks
• Freya ‘Freya’ Spiers
• Jorien ‘Sheever’ van der Heijden 

Esports Play By Play Caster of the Year

• Lauren ‘Pansy’ Scott
• Alex ‘Machine’ Richardson
• BrunoClash
• Clayton ‘CaptainFlowers’ Raines
• Miles Ross
• Victoria ‘VikkiKitty’ Perez 
• Parker ‘INTERRO’ Mackay
• Mark ‘Onset’ Hatcher
• Mitch ‘Uber’ Leslie
• Joey ‘Jorby’ Ahrens
• Owen ‘ODPixel’ Davies

Esports Team of the Year

• FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
• LOUD (Valorant)
• Los Angeles Thieves (Call of Duty)
• Team BDS (Rocket League)
• Nova Esports (PUBG Mobile)
• Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
• Los Angeles Gladiators (Overwatch)
• PSG.LGD (Dota 2)
• T1 (League of Legends) 
• LoL Wildcard
• Dota Wildcard

Esports Organisation of the Year

• 100 Thieves
• LOUD
• FaZe Clan
• FURIA Esports
• G2 Esports
• OpTic Gaming
• Team Liquid
• Cloud9
• Nova Esports
• Evil Geniuses
• T1

Esports Coach of the Year

• Robert ‘RobbaN’ Dahlström
• Chet ‘Chet’ Singh
• Erik ‘d00mbr0s’ Sandgren
• Andrii ‘B1ad3’ Horodenskyi
• Matthew ‘Satthew’ Ackermann
• Zhang ‘xiao8’ Ning
• Go ‘Score’ Dong-bin
• Maxwell Alexander ‘Max Waldo’ Waldo
• Diogo José ‘Jebuz’ Fernandes de Jésus
• Théo ‘Mew’ Ponzoni

Esports PC Rookie of the Year

• Ilya ‘m0NESY’ Osipov
• Felipe ‘Less’ Basso
• Emir ‘Alfajer’ Beder
• Joseph Joon “jojopyun” Pyun
• Ammar ‘ATF’ Al-Assaf
• Jacob ‘valyn’ Batio
• William ‘Spoit’ Löfstedt
• Kim ‘ZEST’ Hyun-Woo
• Huang ‘Wayward’ Ren-Xing

Esports PC Player of the Year

• Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker
• Russel ‘Twistzz’ Van Dulken
• Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev
• Jeong ‘Chovy’ Ji-hoon
• Andrey ‘Shao’ Kiprsky
• Illya ‘Yatoro’ Mulyarchuk
• Zhang ‘Faith_bian’ Ruida
• Andrei ‘Odoamne’ Pascu
• Jacob ‘HisWattson’ McMillin
• Jaime ‘Cyber’ Ramos
• Cho ‘Maru’ Seong-ju

Esports Controller Rookie of the Year

• Amer ‘Pred’ Zulbeari
• Matías ‘Scorpionprocs’ Martínez
• Enzo ‘Seikoo’ Grondein
• Adam ‘Bound’ Gray
• Axel “vatira.” Touret
• Emre ‘EmreYilmaz’ Yilmaz
• UMISHO’

Esports Controller Player of the Year

• Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Williams
• Enzo ‘Seikoo’ Grondein
• Yan ‘yanxnz’ Xisto Nolasco
• Leonardo ‘MkLeo’ López Pérez
• Matthew ‘FormaL’ Piper
• Evan ‘M0nkey M00n’ Rogez
• McArthur ‘Cellium’ Jovel
• Derek ‘iDom’ Ruffin
• Umut ‘Umut’ Gültekin
• Noyan ‘Genburten’ Ozkose

Esports Mobile Player of the Year

• Ceng ‘Order’ Zehai
• Luan ‘Lost’ Souza
• An ‘Long’ Xulong
• Mohamed ‘Mohamed Light’ Tarek
• Cauan ‘Cauan7’ da Silva
• Sitetampo’
• Eman ‘EMANN’ Sangco

Esports Apparel of the Year

• FaZe Clan
• Team Liquid
• 100 Thieves
• FlyQuest
• G2 Esports
• Cloud9
• Fnatic
• OpTic Gaming
• TSM
• Team Vitality

Esports Cosplay of the Year

• LittleJem
• Inastes_tears
• Anaelic
• Kinpatsu Cosplay
• Skydaddi
• Har_Fie
• Peyton Cosplay
• Romu
• Anna Veber
• Larissa Rochefort

Esports Creative of the Year

• Caroline Parker-Stark
• Roma Bib
• Tiago ‘Liquid Enigma’ Paixao
• Euller Araujo
• Gregory ‘SesoHQ’ Ortiz
• Ella Pravetz
• Jay Braga
• Christian Skimmeland

Esports Creative Piece of the Year

• FATALE: Coming for the Crown | 2022 Verizon VCT Game Changers
• The Bellhop | Gucci Gaming Academy
• 2022 Here we are – WATCH US FOLLOW US
• Become the Nightmare | VCT22 Masters Reykjavík Cinematic
• Together We Rise | Liquid VALORANT Montage
• The Topfather | G2 MSI Hype Video
• TOMORROW WE FIGHT | 2022 LCS Summer Promo ft. Voyboy, Doublelift, Sneaky, Shiphtur
• IEM Katowice 2022 – Immortals
• Blast Premier Spring 2022 Posters

Esports Creative Team of the Year

• Sentinels 
• LOUD
• AOE Creative
• Paper Crowns
• North Studio
• G2 Esports
• OpTic Gaming
• Team Liquid
• MAD Lions
• 100 Thieves
• Team Vitality

Esports Collegiate Program of the Year

• Boise State University
• Maryville University
• University of Hawai’i
• University of Warwick
• St. Thomas University
• Illinois State University
• Northwood University
• Grand Canyon University
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Southern University

Esports Collegiate Ambassador of the Year

• Kevin Hoang
• Justin Banusing
• Jack Fenton
• Adam Antor
• Sergio ‘Physix’ Brack
• Daniel Clerke
• Yugina Yun
• Nyle Sky Kauweloa, PhD
• Christine Fan
• Ryan Johnson

Content Group of the Year

• 100 Thieves
• FaZe Clan
• LOUD
• One True King
• G4TV
• Tribo Gaules
• OfflineTV
• Full Squad Gaming
• Team Summertime
• S8ul Esports

Esports Content Creator of the Year

• HECZ
• SunlessKhan
• Ashley Kang
• ZooMaa
• ImperialHal
• BananaSlamJamma
• Hungrybox
• Launders
• IWDominate

Esports Content Series of the Year

• The Story Of… (theScore esports)
• The Process
• T1 THE LOCKER ROOM
• G2 Voicecomms
• The Eavesdrop Podcast
• Backstory
• Road to The International
• Players

Esports Game of the Year

• League of Legends
• VALORANT
• CS:GO
• Rocket League
• Dota 2
• Free Fire
• Apex Legends
• Rainbow Six Siege
• Fortnite

Esports Mobile Game of the Year Presented by Verizon

• PUBG MOBILE
• League of Legends: Wild Rift
• Free Fire
• Pokémon Unite
• Arena of Valor
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Brawl Stars

Esports Personality of the Year

• s1mple
• Sjokz
• ocelote
• Gaules
• Mortal
• Faker
• Nadeshot
• Goldenboy
• HECZ
• Cherrygumms
• MoistCr1TiKaL
• Nobru

Streamer of the Year

• Ibai 
• Gaules
• Valkyrae
• Asmongold
• tarik
• Kameto
• loltyler1
• TimTheTatman 
• Dr Disrespect
• QTCinderella
• TheGrefg
• NICKMERCS

Esports Commercial Partner of the Year    

• Logitech G
• Red Bull
• Intel
• Verizon
• Monster Energy
• Gucci
• KITKAT
• Nike

Esports Coverage Platform of the Year    

• Liquipedia
• Dexerto
• Esports Insider
• Sports Business Journal
• Esportmaníacos
• HLTV.org
• SiegeGG
• Dot Esports
• Juked

Esports Hardware Provider of the Year    

• Logitech G
• Razer
• Intel
• NVIDIA
• Alienware
• Corsair
• HyperX
• SCUF Gaming
• ASUS ROG
• SteelSeries
• Battle Beaver
• AMD

Esports Journalist of the Year    

• Ashley Kang
• Kevin Hitt
• Chandy Teixeira
• Richard Lewis
• Adam Fitch
• Jacob Wolf
• Brieuc “LEC Wooloo” Seeger
• Antonio Yuste
• Liz Richardson

Esports Publisher of the Year    

• Riot Games
• Valve
• Psyonix
• Garena
• Epic Games
• Tencent
• Ubisoft
• PUBG Corp
• EA

Esports Supporting Service of the Year    

• Esports Engine
• The Story Mob
• ESG Law
• Character Select Agency
• New Level Recruiting
• Paper Crowns
• Aftershock Media Group
• United Talent Agency
• Prodigy Agency
• Evolved Talent Agency

Esports Broadcast/Production Team of the Year    

• Riot Games
• Esports Engine
• LVP (Liga De Videojuegos Profesional)
• BLAST Premier
• Beyond the Summit
• PGL Esports
• ESL Gaming
• FACEIT

Lifetime Achievement Class of 2022

• Dennis ‘Thresh’ Fong
• Daniel ‘OGRE1’ Ryan & Tom ‘OGRE2’ Ryan
• Emil ‘HeatoN’ Christensen
• Morgan Romine, PhD
• Jason Lake
• Alexander Garfield

The remaining Esports Awards 2022 campaign key dates are as follows:

• October 27th: Finalists for Pro & On-air categories
• TBC: The Go Home Show
• December 13th: Esports Awards 2022

See the 2021 Esports Awards winners here.

Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.