Conquering The Novel - Chapter 209 Match 2: Lineup

... the only first-year student on the team, while Marcus, Alex, and Emma were second-year students, and James was in his third year.

Ares was familiar with Emma and James, who took the same Rune deciphering class as him. Emma was also the Vice President of the student council and James was renowned as a perverted third-year in the rune course.

While Ares didn't know Marcus and Alex personally, he chose them based on their performance in the Brain Brawl Challenge from the novel.