Molly “AVALLA” Kim brings an innovative style as the first female coach in the Overwatch League. As Kyoung Ey Molly Kim cracked open her civil law textbook to prepare for her second semester of law school, she found that all she could think about was Overwatch. Blizzard Entertainment had released the team-based multiplayer first-person shooter game in 2016. Though Kim had never been much of a gamer in college, she found that playing Overwatch eased the stress of the law school application process and, later, the coursework. It didn’t take long for Kim, 24, to apply the same fervor that had long been spent on her studies — from English school in New Zealand to college at Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts — to Overwatch. In fact, Kim was enjoying her newfound pastime so much that, when esports teams began to crop up around the rapidly growing game, she decided to take on managing duties in addition to her law studies in South Korea. She earned a spot managing an aspiring pro team, Frecia Gaming, in the third-tier Overwatch Open Division. When her first semester of law school concluded, Kim spent the summer going to the arena, watching scrims (exhibition matches) and giving the players feedback. |