Ewok is a young professional gamer and media personality who happens to be deaf.

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Ewok, or Soleil Wheeler, comes from a deaf family.Her mother, father, two sisters and brother are all deaf.Her father, Joseph Wheeler, is an ASL teacher and the videologger behind "ASL That!".They live in Indiana and have all attended the Indiana School for the Deaf.Ewok has an energetic mini-Schnauzer named Jack.

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Ewok started playing Fortnite in Season 4 which began on May 1, 2018.By March 2019, she was ranked top 25 in the world in Solo mode and top 5 in the US rankings.Her rise in the world of professional gaming has been meteoric.On March 7th, 2019, a popular streamer named TimTheTatman hosted her stream; bringing her over ten thousand new fans in just a few days.The next day, Atlanta Falcons QB Kurt Benkhert also visited her stream.Soonafter, a couple of Team SoloMid members like Chica, Wintrrz and Jonah Slappie Mills showed their support for her and played a few rounds with her.

On April 23th, she signed to the Abrams Artists Agency to promote her talent.

On May 8th, Ewok received a partnership from Twitch.

On May 20th, a popular internet news for the deaf community called the Daily Moth interviewed her for the first time and included subtitles translated from sign language in the video.

On May 27th, Fortnite announced their sixth wave of Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am duos.Ewok teamed up with Atlanta Falcons QB Kurt Benkert for the event.

On June 4th, some of Ewok's favorite players—Ninja, DrLupo and Chap of Team Liquid—had joined her to play Fortnite with Twitch's new squad mode feature.

Ewok's gaming equipment is as follows:

PC:

i7 8700k Custom Watercooled

RTX 2070

ASUS Prime Z370-I Motherboard

2x8 GB G-Skill Trident RGB

Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB

Samsung m.2 970 EVO 256 GB

Monitor:

Alienware AW2518H 240hz

** Keyboard**:

Logitech PRO Gaming Keyboard

Mouse:

Logitech PRO Wireless Mouse

Webcams:

Logitech C920 (facecam)

Logitech C922 (handcam)