TenZ announces TenZ Valorant Community Awards finalists: Full list of nominees

Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo has released the list of nominees for the TenZ Valorant Community Awards, featuring categories across the VCT regions and Game Changers.

The nominees were voted for by players and coaches on a points system, making the awards a celebration of Valorant’s elite from its peers.

Fnatic and NRG’s players feature heavily on the VCT list, with the two Valorant Champions 2025 finalist IGLs, Jake ‘Boaster’ Howlett and Ethan ‘Ethan’ Arnold, once again facing off with each other for the award.

The Game Changers nominees heavily feature players from Team Liquid Brazil, Shopify Rebellion Gold, and MIBR, the top three teams of the Valorant Game Changers Championship 2025.

The winners will be announced in a ceremony on February 4, hosted in collaboration with Red Bull and Valorant.

TenZ Valorant Community Award – VCT Nominees:

Initiator of the Year:

• Austin ‘crashies’ Robert
• Trent ‘trent’ Cairns
• Brock ‘brawk’ Somerhalder

Sentinel of the Year:

• Logan ‘skuba’ Jenkins
• Nathan ‘leaf’ Orf
• Emir Ali ‘Alfajer’ Beder

Controller of the Year:

• Jacob ‘valyn’ Batio
• Sam ‘s0m’ Oh
• Myeong Gwan ‘MaKo’ Kim

Duelist of the Year:

• Erick ‘aspas’ Santos
• Adam ‘mada’ Pampuch
• Kajetan ‘kaajak’ Haremski

Coach of the Year:

• Milan ‘Milan’ de Maij – Fnatic
• Alexandre ‘alecks’ Sallé – Paper Rex
• Malkolm ‘bonkar’ Rench – NRG

Rookie of the Year:

• Adam ‘mada’ Pampuch
• Kajetan -kaajak’ Haremksi
• Brock ‘brawk’ Somerhalder

IGL of the Year:

• Jake ‘Boaster’ Howlett
• Ethan ‘Ethan’ Arnold
• Jacob ‘valyn’ Batio

VCT Americas MVP:

• Ethan ‘Ethan’ Arnold
• Adam ‘mada’ Pampuch
• Erick ‘aspas” Santos

VCT China MVP:

• Zheng ‘zmjjkk’ Yongkang
• Teng ‘happywei’ Min-wei
• Lin ‘SpiritZ1’ Ting-yu

VCT EMEA MVP:

• Ayaz ‘natz’ Akhmetskin
• Kajetan ‘kaajak’ Haremski
• Emir Ali ‘Alfajer’ Beder

VCT Pacific MVP:

• Ngô Công ‘crazyguy’ Anh
• Ilya ‘something’ Petrov
• Jason ‘f0rsakeN’ Susanto

VCT Global MVP:

• Kajetan ‘kaajak’ Haremski
• Jason ‘f0rsaken’ Susanto
• Erick ‘aspas’ Santos

TenZ Valorant Community Award – Game Changers Nominees:

Initiator of the Year:

• Natalia ‘daiki’ Vilela
• Sarah ‘sarah’ Simpson
• Melissa ‘mel’ Millena

Controller of the Year:

• Letícia ‘joojina’ Paiva
• Melanie ‘meL’ Capone
• Aleyna ‘vania’ Keskin

Sentinel of the Year:

• Nicole ‘noia’ Tierce
• Safia ‘safiaa’ Leghzal
• Amy ‘amy’ Lai

Duelist of the Year:

• Nicolas ‘srN’ Niederauer
• Azra ‘alkyia’ Erin
• Karnthida ‘dodonut’ Chaisrakeo

Coach of the Year:

• Caio ‘napz’ Sousa – Team Liquid Brazil
• Loic ‘effys’ Sauvageau – Shopify Rebellion Gold
• Drew ‘DrewSpark’ Spark-Whitworth – G2 Gozen

Rookie of The Year:

• Montserrat ‘mmonch’ Gutierrez
• Esilene ‘akita’ Xu
• Min-Ju ‘332’ Park

IGL of the Year:

• Natalia ‘daiki’ Vilela
• Camila ‘Sayuri’ Obam
• Melanie ‘meL’ Capone

Game Changers MVP:

• Paula ‘bstrdd’ Naguil
• Natalia ‘daiki’ Vilela
• Nicole ‘noia’ Tierce