T1 have announced the signing of ZerG , Kurt , rara and eeiu . They will play for the squad's academy team, T1 Academy T1 Academy Inactive .

T1 is the first major organization to announce an academy team in VALORANT.

T1
@T1
We're proud to present the first four members of our T1 Valorant Academy roster!

@KurtG
@777eeiu
@raraValorant
@zerg

Welcome to the team!
#T1WIN #T1Fighting

The four have played together in previous VALORANT tournaments, most recently in this month's Nerd Street Gamers Monthly. They finished third in that tournament. The group has swapped the fifth player they've played alongside in previous tournaments.

Both Kurt and ZerG played for T1 in Apex Legends and won a number of tournaments with the team. ZerG also played for Fusion University, which the parent company of T1 also own, in Overwatch prior to joining T1 in Apex Legends.

Both rara and eeiu played Counter-Strike:Global Offensive before swapping to VALORANT, although each player had little history competing in notable tournaments.

The team will need to add a fifth player to have a complete roster.

Inactive are: