ENCE Academy bring in millert and Schwarz

8-7-2024 13:06

ENCE's junior squad is once again complete after a series of changes.

ENCE have announced Aleksi "⁠millert⁠" Lehtopuu and Giorgi "⁠Schwarz⁠" Gakhokidze as the newest signings to their academy roster.

The two youngsters come in to replace long-time members Paavo "⁠podi⁠" Heiskanen, who was promoted to ENCE's main roster at the end of May, and Henri "⁠HENU⁠" Ylilehto, who parted ways with the organization in late June.

HENU and ENCE Academy part ways

17-year-old Finnish AWPer millert previously played for Enhanced, where he teamed up with another recent ENCE Academy addition, Teemu "⁠teme⁠" Korva, and more recently briefly turned out for Sprout Academy before the German organization ceased operations in March.

16-year-old Georgian rifler Schwarz joins the team after a short spell with The Prodigies.

"We are always on the lookout for new rising stars, so it was a no-brainer to bring in Schwarz and millert to show that raw desire and hunger to be the next best," ENCE Academy coach George "⁠Whitey⁠" White said in a statement.

"Having a hungry young core as well as a more senior player, 2high, working closely alongside me, the sky is the limit for this team!"

ENCE Academy have the following team:

Ville "⁠myltsi⁠" Vilkman
Teemu "⁠teme⁠" Korva
Ahmet "⁠2high⁠" Baftijari
Aleksi "⁠millert⁠" Lehtopuu
Giorgi "⁠Schwarz⁠" Gakhokidze

George "⁠Whitey⁠" White (coach)

good pickups

2024-07-08 13:08

Nice Finnish academy team lolll Legion of eastern europe

2024-07-08 13:09

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0/8 but I guess there was an attempt. ENCE AC has been doing international since the beginning (even with 5 finnish players) for good reasons.

2024-07-08 15:15

get allu into ence academy ))))

2024-07-08 13:10

atlanta represent

2024-07-08 13:12

Good luck to all of them, schwarz is one of the most interesting talents rn :p

2024-07-08 13:16

Genuinely thought the second guy was German xd

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BTW nice combo of Schwarz and Whitey xdd

yeah xd

2024-07-08 13:51

dangerous team

2024-07-08 13:17

who

2024-07-08 13:18

First Georgian on a semi-decent team?

2024-07-08 13:20

at least first I've heard of

2024-07-08 17:16

Schwarz is a massive W

2024-07-08 13:27

2024-07-08 13:49

who and who?

2024-07-08 13:58

Now sign aleksib, Jimmphat and podi

2024-07-08 14:04

podi and millert both are awpers

2024-07-08 22:36

do they still speak finnish or they went completely international?

2024-07-08 14:06

They spoke english even when they had 5 finnish players, part of the academy project is ensuring that the players can go international later if they want to

2024-07-08 14:52

its a really simple, but really smart move on their part. adds so much value to their players for probably not too much effort

2024-07-09 01:36

schwarz is a beast

2024-07-08 14:46

gl to this roster. It's nice that ENCE academy doesn't hold on to certain players if they feel like they are ready to try their luck as free agents/get loaned. It only shows that ENCE really wants to push academy players forward in their career.

2024-07-08 15:05