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Education:
- Current Sports Communication Graduate Student at the University of Florida
Expected Graduation Date: Summer 2003
- Bachelor of Arts from Marquette University. Major in Broadcast and Electronic Communication and Marketing minor. May 2000 Graduate. GPA: 3.2
- St. Clare’s University Study Abroad Program, Oxford, England September-December 1999
Experience:
March 2002-Present Media Relations/Marketing Intern - Peoria Chiefs: Midwest League Class A Baseball
- Created and produced daily Game Notes for Press Room
- Ran and managed Press Room during every home game
- Set up and supervised player interviews with all media
- Wrote and distributed press releases and feature articles
- Kept track of team and individual statistics
- Member of Promotional and Marketing creative team
August 2001-March 2002 Sports Intern & Producer - WTMN 1430 AM "The Team" Gainesville, FL
- Producer for "The Sports Fanatic" with Brady Ackerman daily sports talk show
- Responsible for scheduling guests and interviews, screening callers, and covering press conferences
June 1999-August 1999 Sports Intern WTNH ABC 8 New Haven, CT
- Logging and tracking sporting events
- Interviews and Internet research
Oct. 1998-May 1999 Sports Intern -WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee, WI
- Logging, tracking and editing sporting events
- Interviews, story writing, packages & Internet research
May 1998-May 1999 Sports Director Marquette Radio Milwaukee, WI
- Produce, direct, write and staff nightly sportscasts and weekly sports show
- Responsible for staffing all live sports broadcasts
- Play-by-play broadcasts of Division I basketball, volleyball and soccer(1996-2000)
Sept 1996-May 2000 Reporter and Anchor MUTV Marquette University
- General sports reporter
- Anchor on nightly news and on two weekly sports shows: Sports Blitz and Sports Night
- Writing, editing, packages, interviews & research
Sept 1997-May 2000 Staff Reporter and Columnist Marquette Tribune Marquette University
- Covered men's basketball, women's soccer and men's tennis as beats
- Weekly sports column
- Wrote features and covered sports "news" events
Awards and Achievements:
- Dean's List last 3 semesters at Marquette
- 1998 Eric Gebo Memorial Award recipient for dedicated service to both WMUR and MUTV
- Marquette Distinguished Academic Scholarship recipient (1996)
- 1996 Glenwood High School Sports Voice of the Year for basketball play-by-play and studio show
Computer Skills:
Word 7.0, WordPerfect, Excel 7.0, Publisher, Quattro Pro, PowerPoint, HTML, Internet research
References:
- Mark Moehlenkamp: Vice President Peoria Chiefs, Peoria, IL (309)-680-4002
- Noah Finz: Sports Director WTNH-TV New Haven, CT (203) 784-8842
- Dr. Julie Dodd: Professor University of Florida, (352) 392-0452
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