What I've Done So Far
Kansas City Monarchs (American Association)
Senior Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations, 2023-present
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Play-by-play voice of one of MLB Partner League baseball's premier organizations, including radio and TV-style calls
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Growing the club's fan base through broadcast, social media and written content
- In charge of media relations for the club, including publishing press releases, pitching stories, promoting events, driving narratives
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Writer of weekly feature stories on the Monarchs for the Kansas City Star
- Host of "Monarchs Minute," a daily highlight show featuring a recap of the team's most recent game alongside stats, standings and club marketing
- Show earned 669,590 impressions across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in 2023
World Baseball Softball Confederation
English-language broadcaster, Baseball Champions League Americas, September 2023
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Broadcaster for the first ever Baseball Champions League Americas from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
- Contributed both play-by-play and color for TV/streaming broadcast over all seven games of the four-day tournament
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Event featured club teams from Mexico, Cuba, Colombia and the United States
University of South Dakota (NCAA Division I)
Women's basketball play-by-play, football sideline reporting, 2020-2023
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Play-by-play voice of South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball for full season on KVHT-FM and affiliates
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Conducted regular interviews with Coyotes coaches and players for radio and social media
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Regular emcee for Coyote Athletics events (e.g. donor lunches)
American Association of Professional Baseball (MLB Partner League)
On-air host/Digital Content Producer
- Play-by-play voice of the American Association, calling Game of the Week streaming broadcasts and the Miles Wolff Cup Finals
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Producer of daily whiparound videos recapping each night in the 12-team American Association. Videos are entirely self-produced.
- Host and producer of AAPB High Leverage, a RedZone-style show taking viewers from game to game in real time
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Host and producer of American Association NOW, a thrice-weekly Facebook Live show on the American Association's Facebook page featuring highlights, player interviews, and news from around the league
Sioux Falls Canaries
(American Association of Professional Baseball)
Radio Broadcaster/Dir. of Media Relations, 2018 to 2020 seasons
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Radio play-by-play broadcaster for full 100-game season (season shortened to 60 games in 2020)
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Directed promotion of the club on social media, including creating graphics, writing and editing video content, promoting ticket giveaways (following rose by 11% over the 2019 season)
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In charge of game notes and stat packs for Canaries home games
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Wrote game recaps for all road games and select home games, which would be published on several local media outlets
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Handled club-related media inquiries
Midwest Communications (KWSN Sports Radio, KELO-AM News Radio)
Broadcaster/Reporter, September 2019-March 2023
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Morning drive news anchor for KELO-AM and morning update anchor for KWSN-AM, producing 14 newscast/sportscasts per day
- Called 2023 South Dakota AA girls' state basketball championship as well as high-school football games for KWSN
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Responsible for daily news and sports stories for web
Sioux Falls Stampede (United States Hockey League)
On-ice host, 2019-20 season
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In-arena MC for Stampede home games at the 10,000-seat Premier Center
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Duties include coach interviews, sponsor reads, hosting in-game promotions
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Reserve play-by-play broadcaster for select road games
High Point University (NCAA Division I)
Women's basketball broadcaster, 2018-19 season
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Play-by-play broadcaster for full women's basketball season on ESPN+ and streaming radio
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Conducted interviews with coaches and players
- Contributed to play-by-play of other events as needed
North Carolina Central University (NCAA Division I)
Play-by-play broadcaster, October 2018-April 2019
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Play-by-play broadcaster for football, women's basketball, volleyball and softball games on ESPN3 and the NCCU Sports Network
Newsy (Scripps, LLC-Owned Digital Newsroom)
Digital content producer; June 2015-May 2018; Columbia, Mo.
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Writer/anchor of over 200 news summary videos; primary focus is sports but also includes business, entertainment, science, world, breaking news (Sample can be found under the Reporting tab)
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Selected videos were featured on Newsy's partner sites (including AOL and Time Inc), some of which accrued over 145,000 views each
KBIA-FM (NPR Affiliate)
May 2016 - May 2017, Columbia, Mo.
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Part of KBIA's award-winning news reporting staff, covering topics like local politics, university news, human-interest stories, election coverage
- Listen to one of my award-winning feature stories here
Brewster Whitecaps (Cape Cod Baseball League)
Play-by-play broadcaster/reporter, 2017 season
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Play-by-play broadcaster for full 53-game championship season
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Responsible for production set-up for radio and multi-camera TV broadcasts, including YouTube stream, audio mix, production workstation for use during games
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Wrote game recaps as needed throughout the season (Read one here)
KCOU-FM 88.1 (Missouri Student Radio)
Sports Director, Broadcaster, August 2014-May 2018, Columbia, Mo.
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KCOU Sports Director; 2016-17 academic year
- Responsible for delegating assignments, acquiring broadcast credentials, working with media relations staff
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Member of play-by-play announcing staff for Missouri baseball/softball, basketball, football, volleyball, and soccer
Westminster College (NCAA Division III)
Broadcaster, August 2017-May 2018, Fulton, Mo.
- Solo play-by-play broadcaster for Westminster Blue Jays men's and women's basketball, baseball, and football broadcasts.
William Woods University (NAIA)
Broadcaster, August 2017-May 2018, Fulton, Mo.
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Play-by-play and color commentator for William Woods Owls basketball, volleyball and soccer broadcasts