Kaila White

The Republic | azcentral.com

Six Arizona State University students are the subjects of a new documentary on their recent national dominance in sport, though some might find the topic unconventional.

A few hints: Their championship was aired on ESPN earlier this year. The documentary features commentary from NBA Finals and World Series champions.

And perhaps the most telling: The film was made by Blizzard Entertainment, a video game publisher.

Earlier this year ASU's Real Dream Team dominated a large branch of competitive video gaming, better known as eSports, when they beat more than 480 teams from 390 universities across the country to win a competition featuring popular video game Heroes of the Storm.

Heroes of the Storm is a multiplayer battle-arena game for PCs in which teams of five battle in 20 to 30 minute rounds using heroes from popular games such as Warcraft and Diablo. The game was developed and published by Blizzard.

Real Dream Team consists of Michael “MichaelUdall” Udall, Parham “Pham” Emami, Stefan “akaface” Anderson, Austin "Shot" Lonsert, Isaiah “Snickers” Rubin and Vann “Vannity” Childs.

The six students won up to $75,000 each in tuition and cash for the remainder of their college careers as well as brand new PCs geared towards gaming.

Now, they're starring in "A New Hero," which chronicles the lives of collegiate gamers from ASU, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Connecticut, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville as they compete in the tournament's final four.

A few sports stars appear in the documentary to talk about the parallels between traditional sports and eSports, including:

Billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban

Three-time NBA champion Rick Fox, who owns professional League of Legends teamEcho Fox

Two-time World Series champion Hunter Pence, who is one of the biggest video-game fans in baseball

Anyone can watch the documentary for free on the Heroes of the Storm YouTube Channel, Heroes of the Dorm website and Twitch.