Meet the Community – Ashley Lax

• Who are you? (First and Last Name)
  • Ashley Lax

• What Organization do you Represent? (As it relates to why you’d be getting highlighted in an Esports Newsletter)
  • I work at UW-Madison for Recreation & Wellbeing, where I oversee and coordinate Esports offerings for students on campus, as well as serve as oversight for the Madison Esports Club.

• Why do you personally believe esports is important, both to our region and in general?
  • Esports is vital to providing community for so many people. I see it as part of my job to make it easier for those interested to pursue esports, whether recreationally or competitively. Esports has provided me a space to belong since my early days of beating the neighborhood kids in 007 Goldeneye on N64. I want to be able to give others that same space to be themselves and connect with others over something they are passionate about.

• What games did you grow up playing and what are you playing the most now?
  • My love of gaming started with Super Mario Bros 3 on Nintendo. I was heavily into sports games as a teen, with Madden and Tiger Woods Golf consuming much of my time, though racing games also got some love. In college, I played Call of Duty and Halo almost exclusively. I now mainly play Mario Kart 8 and my wife and I team up almost nightly for some Fortnite Duos.

• If you could only play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be?
  • If I don’t say Fortnite right now, my wife may divorce me….

• Where can people find you? (Socials/Twitch/etc)
  • If you want to chat you can find me all over under the name GamerAnthro:
    • YouTube: N/A
    • Twitter: @returnoftheLAX
    • Instagram: @_flashyashley
    • Twitch: N/A

If you would like to learn more on how to get involved, please email brandon@mkeesports.com.