Kevin Yarnell, better known by his in-game name Hauntzer, is a professional League of Legends player who is currently a free agent, and was most recently a part of TSM Academy as their toplaner. He has also played for Team SoloMid, Golden Guardians, and Gravity Gaming in the League of Legends Championship Series.
| Hauntzer | |
|---|---|
 Yarnell in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Kevin Yarnell |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| Game | League of Legends |
| Role | Toplaner |
| Team history | |
| 2013 | The Gentlemen's Guild |
| 2013–2014 | Team LoLPro |
| 2014 | Curse Academy |
| 2015 | Gravity Gaming |
| 2016–2018 | Team SoloMid |
| 2019–2020 | Golden Guardians |
| 2021 | TSM Academy |
| 2023–present | TSM Challengers |
Career edit
Curse Academy left Team Curse and rebranded as Gravity Gaming in January 2015 upon qualifying for the LCS. In April, Gravity was at the top of the NA LCS rankings in part due to the play of Hauntzer.[1] Gravity finished 5th in the Spring LCS Regular Season, qualifying for the playoffs, where they finished 5-6th after being eliminated by Team Impulse. In the following Summer LCS they finished 4th in the Regular Season and then 5-6th in the playoffs.
Yarnell joined Team SoloMid in November, replacing Marcus "Dyrus" Hill at top lane after the latter retired from competitive play.[2] At his first tournament with TSM, Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose,[3] the team finished 5-8th.[4]
Yarnell spent three years with Team SoloMid, and won three titles with the team.[5] He was released after the 2018 season following the organization's failure to qualify for the World Championship.[6]
Golden Guardians signed Yarnell for the 2019 season,[7] and he spent two years with the organization before Golden Guardians ran into funding problems were forced to drop their entire roster, including Yarnell.[8]
After failing to find a team in the LCS,[9] Yarnell accepted a spot on an Academy roster with Team SoloMid.[10]
After the 2021 season playing in Academy, Yarnell was released.[11]
Tournament results edit
- 5th — North American League of Legends Championship Series Spring 2015 Regular Season (Gravity)
- 5th–6th — North American League of Legends Championship Series Spring 2015 Playoffs (Gravity)
- 4th — North American League of Legends Championship Series Spring 2015 Regular Season (Gravity)
- 5th–6th — North American League of Legends Championship Series Spring 2015 Regular Season (Gravity)
- 5th–8th — Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose (Team SoloMid)
- 2nd — North American League of Legends Championship Series Spring 2016 Regular Season (Team SoloMid)
- 1st — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season
- 1st — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs
- 9th–12th — 2016 League of Legends World Championship
References edit
- ^ Lingle, Samuel (April 3, 2015). "Hauntzer: 'I don't want to be in the spotlight. I just want to be known as really good'". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ Wolf, Jacob (November 2, 2015). "Hauntzer frontrunner for TSM top lane". The Daily Dot.
- ^ "TSM announces IEM roster, including Hauntzer, Svenskeren and kaSing | theScore esports". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ^ "Intel Extreme Masters 2015 - San Jose". Intel Extreme Masters. Electronic Sports League. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ Abbas, Malcolm (2017-09-04). "TSM defeat Immortals to win their third straight NA LCS title". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Freeman, Dedrick (2019-01-25). "League of Legends: Golden Guardians Year to Prove". The Game Haus. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Binkowski, Justin (2018-11-29). "Hauntzer officially joins Golden Guardians for the 2019 NA LCS season". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Kelly, Michael (2020-11-17). "Golden Guardians releases entire roster after 2020 season". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Heath, Jerome; Samples, Rachel (2021-01-04). "All of the LCS roster moves heading into the 2021 Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Esguerra, Tyler (2020-12-09). "TSM rounds out 2021 Academy roster with Hauntzer, Cody Sun, and Yursan". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Kelly, Michael (2021-10-01). "TSM parts ways with Hauntzer, Cody Sun, and Sword after 2021 LCS Academy season". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-10.