Broadcasting Experience.
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Listed above is a selection of YouTube videos. The first of which is my play-by-play demo reel from my time calling games for St. Bonaventure. The other clips are the three segments of my demo reel broken down into individual samples, as well as a selection from the Section VI, Class A championship game I did for Spectrum from the Buffalo Bills' Highmark Stadium.
Prior to my time with Spectrum, I spent two years broadcasting games as a student for St. Bonaventure University. The games were all streamed live on ESPN+. I provided play-by-play for men's and women's basketball, baseball, and men's and women's lacrosse. In my experience at St. Bonaventure, not only did my performance on the mic continuously improve, but so did my preparation.
Prior to my time with Spectrum, I spent two years broadcasting games as a student for St. Bonaventure University. The games were all streamed live on ESPN+. I provided play-by-play for men's and women's basketball, baseball, and men's and women's lacrosse. In my experience at St. Bonaventure, not only did my performance on the mic continuously improve, but so did my preparation.
I started calling games when I was a senior in high school. One of my teachers created a YouTube account to provide live streams for parents of athletes who couldn't attend their son's/daughter's game. After some discussion with the school board, funding was provided to allow for commentary over the live streams - a role that I undertook. From there, the account started pulling in hundreds of subscribers. My experience in high school was such a blessing. It allowed me to get my feet wet, start to develop a personal style for calling games, and it forced me to learn a variety of sports. Listed below were the events that I was play-by-play broadcaster for at least once over the course of the year:
-Football, Girl's and Boy's Basketball, Girl's and Boy's Soccer, Wrestling,
Girl's and Boy's Volleyball, and Girl's and Boy's Bowling
-Football, Girl's and Boy's Basketball, Girl's and Boy's Soccer, Wrestling,
Girl's and Boy's Volleyball, and Girl's and Boy's Bowling
Once I enrolled at Onondaga Community College, I was offered the position as the voice of the SUNY Morrisville Mustangs. The games were broadcasted on boxcast.com, and again, I was the play-by-play broadcaster for the home football games, as well as the home men's and women's basketball games, and the men's and women's ice hockey games. This was my first paid position in the field. My time with SUNY Morrisville was where I took my greatest strides in my ability as a broadcaster. I grew in confidence, my voice became stronger, my style for calling games improved, and most importantly, I developed a system for creating spotting boards. On Friday mornings during the football season and occasionally during the basketball season, I would travel to Morrisville to meet with a player and record an on-camera interview for a segment I titled, "Mustangs Mic'd Up." The videos would be posted to the Morrisville Athletics Facebook page, as well as my personal social media pages. The highlight of my two years at Onondaga Community College came when I was asked to call an annual rivalry men's basketball game inside The Dome, in Syracuse, NY, between SUNY ESF and Paul Smith's College.