Qualifications
- 22 years of Minor League Baseball play-by-play experience
- Detroit Tigers broadcast team in 2024.
- Over 2,600 Minor League Broadcasts
- 22 years of Public Relations experience
- 2024 PRSA-NWPA PR Person of the Year
- Fill-in as lead radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers for one game in 2018, three games in 2022 and three games in 2023.
- Additional Major League play-by-play experience in Spring Training for the Detroit Tigers
- 13 years of Minor League Baseball executive management experience
- Extensive background in media relations and management of club social media content
- Additional play-by-play experience in basketball and football
Work Experience
Detroit Tigers (Detroit, MI / 2024 – present)
RADIO PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCASTER
- Serve as lead play-by-play radio broadcaster on the Detroit Tigers Radio Network for select games.
- Host the A.J. Hinch daily pre-game show when on the call for the Tigers.
Erie SeaWolves Professional Baseball (Erie, PA / 2012 – present)
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER / COMMUNICATIONS
- Oversee entire communications efforts for the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers including, but not limited to, press releases, daily game notes, website maintenance, program content and social media efforts
- Serve as lead play-by-play broadcaster for all regular and post-season games
- Maintain relationships between the team and members of the local Erie media and Detroit media
- Serve as official team spokesman on live radio and television appearances
- Host of an in-park pre-game trivia game show nightly at UPMC Park
- Hosted the SeaWolves City bi-weekly in-season podcast.
- Manage all team social media accounts, having grown the SeaWolves social media presence by 71% on Facebook and 126% on Twitter since 2013
- Assist and Coordinate with SeaWolves Team President on all team marketing efforts including, but not limited to, advertising schedules, ad placement, ad creation and marketing appearances
- Produce team e-newsletter which is sent out weekly during the season
- Manage two full-time and 20 seasonal employees
- Seek opportunities for and assist in SeaWolves Community Fund charitable initiatives
- Serve as Director of Baseball Operations
- Coordinate team travel to 11 Northeast and East Coast cities including, but not limited to, securing bus arrangements, hotel accommodations and roster moves.
- Contribute to team sponsorship sales efforts including major team partners
- Assisted in introducing a new brand identity system (2013)
- Coordinated and oversaw PR efforts for major team announcements and campaigns including the SeaWolves General Manager change (2011), team rebrand (2013), team ownership change (2015), stadium naming rights partnership (2016), state funding announcement for ballpark improvements (2018) and ballpark construction (2019-21)
- Managed crisis PR through the death of a player (2019)
Erie SeaWolves Professional Baseball (Erie, PA / 2006 – 2011)
DIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONS / TEAM BROADCASTER
- Served as lead play-by-play broadcaster for 142 Eastern League games each season
- Produced daily game notes and wrote daily game recaps
- Assisted in team sponsorship sales including signage, digital and other forms of in-park marketing.
Mahoning Valley Scrappers Professional Baseball (Niles, OH / 2003 – 2005)
TEAM BROADCASTER / MEDIA RELATIONS ASSISTANT
- Handled broadcast duties for 76 New York-Penn League games each season
- Created and updated team media guide
- Produced daily game notes and wrote daily game recaps
- Assisted in all team marketing efforts
OTHER BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE
SportsFever Television Network (Marietta, PA / 2014 – 2016)
COLOR COMMENTATOR / SIDELINE ANALYST
- Provided color commentary and sideline analysis for various PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) Division II football games
- Games broadcast to an estimated 14.4 million homes and on ESPN 3
EDUCATION
B.A., Broadcast Journalism (2005), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Audition), Score CRM, MiLB Forge, extensive public speaking experience, extensive social media experience, brand management experience
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- 2024 PRSA of Northwestern PA PR Person of the Year
- Named to the Erie 40 Under 40 Class of 2022
- 2021 Golden Bobblehead Award Winners for Best Promotion or Event for Wonders Night (Team Award).
- 2021 Golden Club Award for most creative in Minor League Baseball (Team Award)
- 2021 Ballpark Digest Promotion of the Year (Team Award)
- 2021 PRSA of Northwest PA Gold Awards for Marketing Campaign, Community Relations, Special Events and Best in Show for top marketing campaign of 2021 (Team Award)
- 2019 PRSA of Northwest PA Gold Award for Marketing Campaign for Crisis PR (Team Award)
- 2018 Two PRSA of Northwest PA Gold Awards for Marketing Campaigns (Team Award)
- 2017 PRSA of Northwest PA Gold Niagara Award for Marketing Campaign (Team Award)
- 2017 PRSA of Northwest PA Silver Niagara Award for Marketing Campaign (Team Award)
- 2017 Eastern League Larry McPhail Award Nominee (Team Award)
- Received Votes in the 2016 Baseball America Best in the Minors survey for Best MLB Broadcasting Prospect
- 2015 Commitment to Erie Award for Community Service (Team Award)
- 2013 Erie’s Choice Award – Favorite Local Sports Team (Team Award)
- 2012 SeaWolves Front Office Staff MVP