OBJECTIVE

Position in sports as a play-by-play announcer/sportscaster, possibly along with other media-related tasks within a professional or collegiate sports organization.

EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH:

– Saw Plus, Cool Edit and Pro Tools digital editing software

– AudioVault, DigiLink, Digital DJ, SmartCaster automation systems

– SuperLog, Natural Log and DARTS traffic systems

– Natural Music scheduling program

Senger Broadcasting -- KKRY/KMTA, Miles City, MT 5/05-present

Currently serve as the station's Sports Director.

Beacon Broadcasting, LLC -- KVAY-FM, Lamar CO 1/03-5/05

Bauer Properties -- KVAY-FM, Lamar, CO 12/00-12/02

Currently serve as the station's Assistant to GM/Sports Director/Morning Show Co-Host/Music Director. Included in duties are:

– Play-by-Play sports

– Sportscasts five times per day

– Produce and host weekly half-hour high school football show in fall

– Produce and host weekly half-hour sports talk show during high school season

– Morning show co-host

– Program new music for airplay

– Assist with production and promotions, including hosting remote broadcasts

– Assist with the daily maintenance of the station's web site (www.kvay.com), including the creation of new pages.

– Serve as the fill-in person for the traffic department

– Fill-in on-air for anything needed. Have helped with News and Agriculture News departments, including newscasts and ag future market recaps

VanHawke-Johnson Communications – WKAM-AM/WZOW-FM, Goshen, IN 7/99-10/00

Was News Director for both stations, while also assisting the Operations Manager. Included in duties were:

– Play-by-Play sports

– News and Sportscasts on AM and FM in mornings

– Produce weekly half-hour high school football show in fall

– Serve as the fill-in person for the traffic department

– In charge of Web Page maintenance

– Assist with production and promotions

– Fill-in on-air for both stations as well as have own weekend air shift

Assisted in ownership transition, training staff on traffic, music scheduling and news preparation.

Van Hawke Communications — WVHQ-FM/WDOW-AM, Dowagiac, MI 8/98-7/99

Served as station’s Operations Manager. Duties included:

– Play-by-Play of Dowagiac Chieftans football

– Morning show shift

– Traffic

– Production and other voice-overs

– Make appearances at station remote broadcasts

– Assist in programming music for the FM station

Was station’s Sports Director and Operations Manager

Broadcasted over 300 play-by-play sports events for the station, including eight high school state championship and collegiate national championship games. Was the station’s voice for:

– Washington College and High School Lacrosse

– High School Football

– Washington College Men’s and Women’s Basketball

– College, American Legion and Babe Ruth Baseball

– Hosting a local sports talk show

– Anchored four sports reports per day

– Serve as primary news anchor from April 1997 to August 1998.

Served as Sports Editor. Also wrote news stories and sports-related op/ed pieces. Among duties were layout of sports pages and editing/writing of copy. Also worked as stringer from June 1990 until July 1998.

EDUCATION

Wilmington College, New Castle, DE 9/96-12/97

Major — Communications Management. Carried a 3.73 GPA. Dean’s List Student — Fall 1996, Spring/Fall 1997

Streetsboro High School, Streetsboro, OH 1985 Graduate

Enrolled in College Prep classes, finished with 3.31 GPA

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Kent County High School, Worton, MD 11/95-3/98

Served as Junior Varsity Girls Basketball head coach (was a volunteer for first year).

Kent School, Chestertown, MD 12/93-2/95

Served as head coach for 7^th and 8^th Grade Boys Basketball.

Kent County Parks and Recreation, Worton, MD 9/90-8/94

Was recreation leader. Handled number of tasks, including scheduling of sports events, media relations and after-school program instructor.

Chesapeake Bank and Trust, Chestertown, MD 1/87-1/90

Worked in Bookkeeping Dept. Responsibilities included the input of new accounts onto bank’s data processing system, and troubleshooting system problems.