Kang "Athena" Hawoon has joined EDward Gaming according to the team's weibo.

Despite EDward Gaming's success in the 2015 LPL Spring with the team's victory at the Mid-Season Invitational, mid laner Heo "pawN" Wonseok suffered from back injury and had to be intermittently subbed out. EDward Gaming withdrew from 2015 offseason tournaments as a result of their players needing to recover their health. Athena may serve as a substitute should pawN continue to suffer form his back injuries or replace him entirely.

Athena recently played mid lane for ESC EVER in the 2015 KeSPA Cup and at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne. EVER won both events, beating reigning world champions, SK Telecom T1, at KeSPA Cup and second place LPL team, QG Reapers, at IEM Cologne.

During KeSPA Cup, Athena played Gangplank well, resulting in teams banning the champion against EVER during IEM Cologne. He has also displayed considerable skill with Varus.

It is expected that more EVER players will leave to join new teams rather than remain in Korean Challenger for the rest of the spring season. It was noted in the EDward Gaming announcement that Athena joined the team as a free agent, and not as a transfer from ESC EVER.

Kelsey Moser is a staff writer for theScore eSports. You can follow her on Twitter.