BOSTON – Promoting four talented members of its club Rocket League team, the Northeastern esports program proudly unveiled on Thursday the second of its four inaugural varsity rosters as the Huskies launch varsity campaigns in four titles during the 2020-21 season.
 
Senior Flo Astié – the lone carryover from Northeastern's fall 2017 Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) national championship squad – will join the experienced corps of junior Travis Peabody, junior Ollie Regan and sophomore Justin Fraser on the Huskies' first varsity unit in Rocket League.
 
The Northeastern Rocket League team will open its fall 2020 season on Sunday, Sept. 20, when the Huskies compete in the first of two Open Qualifiers for the CRL national championship.

Click on the student-athlete names below to view their complete bios.

FLO ASTIÉ  //  "Floms"
Class:  Senior
Hometown:  Park City, Utah
Previous school:  Park City
Academic/career interests:  Studies mechanical engineering at Northeastern with aspirations of working in the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and later transitioning into management … Completed a co-op semester at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in California.
Esports background:  Competed for three seasons on the Northeastern club Rocket League team … Co-led the Huskies to the fall 2017 Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) national championship … Helped NU place third in the Eastern classification of the fall 2018 CRL championship.
 
JUSTIN FRASER  //  "jfraser"
Class:  Sophomore
Hometown:  Morris Plains, N.J.
Previous school:  Seton Hall Prep
Academic/career interests:  Studies computer science and economics at Northeastern.
Esports background:  Competed on the Northeastern club Rocket League team during the summer of 2020.
 
TRAVIS PEABODY  //  "Peabs"
Class:  Junior
Hometown:  Londonderry, N.H.
Previous school:  Londonderry
Academic/career interests:  Studies mechanical engineering at Northeastern with aspirations of working as a research and development engineer in a mechanical or biomedical field.
Esports background:  Competed on the Northeastern club Rocket League team during the 2019-20 season … Two-time U.S. Army Rocket League tournament champion … Helped the Huskies qualify for the national 64-team Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) Spring 2020 Showdown … Registered a top-16 finish in the Collegiate Starleague (CSL) playoffs … Placed in the top eight of the CSL Tik Tok Cup.
 
OLLIE REGAN  //  "Synthex"
Class:  Junior
Hometown:  Weyhill, England
Previous school:  Sherborne School
Academic/career interests:  Studies economics at Northeastern with aspirations of working in banking, private equity or the business side of a technology firm.
Esports background:  Competed on the Northeastern club Rocket League team during the summer 2019 season … Two-time U.S. Army Rocket League tournament champion … Helped the Huskies qualify for the national 64-team Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) Spring 2020 Showdown … Registered a top-16 finish in the Collegiate Starleague (CSL) playoffs … Placed in the top eight of the CSL Tik Tok Cup.

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