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Eugene Williams Wins Third Annual EA SPORTS Madden Challenge, Jesse Hanninen Wins Inaugural EA SPORTS NCAA Challenge
32-city, nationwide tournament on Madden NFL 2005 culminated in Las Vegas with a $50,000 Visa card and a trip to the EA SPORTS Madden Bowl
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – December 13, 2004 – After four months of fierce competition in the 3rd annual EA SPORTS™ Madden Challenge and the inaugural EA SPORTS™ NCAA® Challenge tournaments from Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS), Eugene “Big Gene” Williams, Washington, D.C Champion, became the National 2004 EA SPORTS Madden Challenge Champion on Madden NFL 2005 and Jesse Hanninen, of Florida State University, is the 2004 NCAA Challenge Champion on NCAA® Football 2005. Williams beat out more than 16,000 competitors in 32 cities who competed for more than four months nationwide. Winners from each of the Madden Challenge and NCAA Challenge regional tournaments were flown to Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for the respective ‘Finals’ competitions. Williams received a $50,000 VISA card and will attend the famed 11th Annual EA SPORTS™ Madden Bowl™ presented by Xbox Live™ on February 3, 2005, held every year during Super Bowl week, in Jacksonville, Florida. Hanninen received a $10,000 check for winning the EA SPORTS NCAA Challenge.
The 2004 EA SPORTS Madden Challenge ran every weekend from August 14-November 28, 2004 and is the only Electronic Arts sanctioned public tournament competition in the celebrated 15-year history of the EA SPORTS Madden NFL football video game franchise. Williams defeated Antoin “Pretty Boy” Williams, New Orleans regional winner, 37-27. More than 1000 students at 16 campuses nationwide competed in the 2004 NCAA Challenge. Hanninen defeated Michael Hawkins of Clemson University, 26-5.
The 2004 EA SPORTS Madden Challenge Regional Tournament Winners included:
CITY
CHAMP AGE Hometown
Kyle Cooper
Minneapolis 24
Milford, OH
Tim Thomas
Green Bay 18
Menomaonhee Falls, WI
Johnta Nelson
Chicago 16
Chicago,
IL
Greg James
Indianapolis 24
Shreveport, LA
David Seitchick
Detroit 20
Margate, NJ
Mike McAnany
Cleveland 19
New York, NY
Robert Wright
Cincinnati 28
Euclid, OH
Toby Merchant
Pittsburgh 28
Oakland, CA
Toshiba Sharon
Buffalo 25
Bear, Delaware
Nathan Stanton
Boston 20
New York, NY
Anthony Brinson
New York
15
Clementon, NJ
Robert Warren
Philadelphia 16
Washington, DC
Eugene Williams
Washington DC 20
Philadelphia, PA
Curtis Knight
Charlotte 23
Atlanta, GA
Anthony Mims
Atlanta 22
Norman, OK
William "Billy" Wolf
Jacksonville 17
Tampa, FL
Thomas Tsanadis
Miami 23
Wellington, FL
Terryl Samuel
Tampa 15
Nashville, TN
Elmar Kuli-Zade
Nashville 17
Brentwood, TN
Paul Wierzba
St. Louis 17
McHenry, IL
Antoin Williams
New Orleans 22
Houston, TX
Sherman Jameson
Houston 19
Houston, TX
Matt Cardell
Dallas 15
Colleyville, TX
Troy Brown
San Antonio
21
Houston, TX
Lincoln Morris
Kansas City
23
Nashville, TN
Lamar Mathews
Denver 24
Rochester, MN
Allen Johnson
Phoenix 23
Ontario, CA
David Grant
Las Vegas 26
St. Petersburg, FL
David Stepney
San Diego
21
Pomona, CA
Luis Gonzalez
Los
Angeles 26
Bakersfield, CA
Paul Ziegler
Seattle 22
Bellevue, WA
Montello Jones
San Francisco 23
Sacramento CA
Madden NFL 2005, which is jointly licensed by PLAYER INC. and the NFL, has sold more than four million copies so far this year on seven platforms and Madden NFL football is America’s best-selling sports video game with over 40 million copies sold in its 15 year history. The game Madden NFL Football is the only videogame to be honored and displayed at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Reebok, Champs Sports, Best Buy and Visa were the official sponsors of the 2004 EA SPORTS Madden Challenge. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to NFL Youth Education Town (YET), an official NFL charity that provides high-tech educational and recreational centers designed to improve the academic, physical fitness, and job-related skills of at-risk youth. For additional information please check out www.maddenchallenge.com.
EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world. Its top-selling titles and franchises include Madden NFL football, FIFA Soccer, NHL®, NBA LIVE basketball, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®, MVP Baseball™, NCAA® Football and NASCAR® racing. The EA SPORTS home page is www.easports.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, EA posted revenues of $2.96 billion for fiscal 2004. The company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers and the Internet. In 2003, EA had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. Electronic Arts markets its products under three brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA GAMES™ and EA SPORTS BIG™. EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
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