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Objective

I am seeking advancement as a broadcaster in professional hockey in pursuit of my ultimate goal: to perform in the National Hockey League. With almost 1,000 games of live broadcasting experience across a number of different sports, in addition to a strong ability to maintain relationships with local media, I hope to work with an organization to bring the excitement and passion of professional hockey to all loyal fans by any means possible.

Experience

Greenville Swamp Rabbits

ECHL - Greenville, SC

Senior Director of Communications & Team Services/Broadcaster

January 2024-PRESENT

  • Provide veteran play-by-play for all Swamp Rabbits broadcasts on the Swamp Rabbits Broadcast Network

    • Helped transition broadcasts on television through Palmetto Sports & Entertainment Network

  • Produce voice overs for video and radio ads for team and partners for broadcast/marketing needs

  • Write feature stories for the Swamp Rabbits website highlighting stories of our players, staff, and other topics

  • Appear in local media on television and radio, promoting team events and home games

  • Create earned media opportunities through storytelling and promotion

  • Lead efforts in social media content creation and strategies

  • Assist in coordination of team travel with respect to booking flights and other needs away from home

  • Prepare immigration filing for P-1 and P-1S visas on the team’s behalf

  • Other duties as assigned

Gardner-Webb University

NCAA - Boiling Springs, NC

Freelance Play-by-Play Broadcaster

September 2022-May 2024

  • Broadcast Gardner-Webb University sports for ESPN+ broadcasts

    • Men’s and Women’s Soccer

    • Baseball

    • Softball

    • Women’s Lacrosse

  • One of three primary voices of Gardner-Webb Men’s and Women’s Basketball on the Runnin’ Bulldogs Sports Network, ESPN 730am Charlotte

    • Selected to broadcast the 2023 Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Title Game

Spire Sports + Entertainment

Cornelius, NC

Assistant Bookkeeper/Administration

October 2022-December 2023

  • Execute Corporate Hospitality for the Spire Motorsports No. 7 and No. 77 Chevrolet entries for various NASCAR Cup Series races throughout the 2023 NASCAR Season

  • Assist CFO with financial tasks and various bookkeeping needs, including but not limited to invoicing corporate partners and entering ticket payments for SS+E’s hockey properties

  • Other duties as assigned for SS+E’s properties, including Track Enterprises and ECHL hockey teams (Rapid City Rush and Greenville Swamp Rabbits), including:

    • Compile immigration for Rapid City Rush and Greenville Swamp Rabbits, petitioning the United States Government for P-1 and P-1S visas for hockey players and support staff

    • Fill-in as play-by-play broadcaster for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits

    • Assist Swamp Rabbits for select major promotional game nights for any duties as assigned

Stockton Heat

AHL - Stockton, CA

Director of Broadcasting/Community Relations

August 2021-June 2022

  • Provide veteran play-by-play for all Heat broadcasts on team website and AHL.TV

  • Broadcast and produce select regular season games and all playoff games on Fox Sports AM1280

  • Produce voice overs for video and radio ads for team and partners for broadcast/marketing needs

  • Write periodical piece chronicling recent activity of the Heat called “’Mark’ My Words”

  • Appear in local media on television and radio, promoting team events and home games

  • Direct organization's community relations efforts with an emphasis on hockey development

  • Coordinate with Community Relations Executive in identifying and appearing in community functions

     

Rapid City Rush

ECHL/CHL - Rapid City, SD

Senior Director of Communications/Broadcaster

October 2013-July 2021

  • Finished as a back-to-back Finalist for 2020 and 2021 ECHL PR/Broadcaster of the Year

  • Coordinate flights for road trips, assist Head Coach/Dir. of Hockey Operations compiling immigration, and assist foreign first-year players in obtaining social security numbers

  • Provide veteran radio play-by-play for all Rush games (585 consecutive broadcasts across eight seasons from preseason through postseason)

  • Provided play-by-play for first two television game broadcasts in team history on Midco Sports Network in 2019

  • Selected by ECHL League Office to serve as key moderator and speaker for first-ever ECHL Broadcaster Summits (2019, 2020), discussing best practices in broadcasting and media relations

  • Create content for, and manage team website

  • Author of feature stories about players and staff for team website (totaled 13,000+ web hits in 2019-20 ECHL Season)

  • Record voice-overs for commercials to be played on local radio and television

  • Coordinate with local media on projects that positively promote the team’s image

  • Host and director of monthly 30-minute television show, “The Odd-Man Rush” on Midco Sports Network

  • Primary Statistican, host of select segments on 30-minute weekly program with local FOX affiliate (KEVN), “Faceoff with the Rapid City Rush” for four seasons

  • Organized and co-hosted hour-long radio program, “The Rush Hour” for two seasons on flagship radio station

  • Scripted/emcee’d first-ever jersey retirement ceremonies in team history in 2015 and 2018

  • Recognized with CHL’s 2014 “Rookie of the Year/Rising Star” Award

Post 22 Hardhats Baseball

American Legion Baseball - Rapid City, SD

Play-by-Play Broadcaster

May 2015-August 2018

  • · Provided veteran play-by-play for 225 games through ESPN-Rapid City, and team website

Charlotte Checkers

AHL - Charlotte, NC

Broadcast Assistant, On-Air Host

October 2011-May 2013

  • Assistant to Jason Shaya, Director of Broadcasting and "Voice of the Checkers"

  • Calculated and presented statistics and player biographical information for on-air use

  • Hosted intermission reports and select pregame and postgame shows on ESPN Radio-Charlotte

ESPNU/ESPN Regional Television

ESPN - Charlotte, NC

Freelance Contractor/Various

February 2011-September 2013

  • Served as a Tape Edit Operator in studio production

  • Logged and screened NCAA games to assist PA's with Sports Center U highlights

  • Assisted CP's/Researchers with statistics projects for National Signing Day (24-hr coverage)

    • Retrieved and broke down 2-deep depth charts for Power 6 NCAA teams

    • Analyzed and utilized stats from ESPNU 150 and 300 HS recruiting lists

    • Assisted in compiling content for 5 of 7 segments for on-air talent/producers binders

       

Education

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

B.S. Biological Sciences

2006-2010

  • 4-year member of "The Mighty Sound of the Southeast" USC Marching Band

    • Served as Trombone Section Captain as a Senior (2005-06)

  • Recipient of the USC Marching Band 4-Year Service Award

  • Brother of Kappa Kappa Psi - National Honorary Fraternity for College Bandmembers