Communications, Sports Media Experience

Contributor & Copy Editor, Elon Rising Phoenix        Jan. 2024-May 2025

  • Produced creative feature stories about student-athletes from Elon’s 17 Division-I teams, as well as notable alumni working in sports, published on official athletics website
  • Wrote the platform’s two most-viewed stories of 350+ published, demonstrating the ability to connect with diverse audiences and increase brand visibility
  • Crafted compelling sidebar stories covering non-revenue sports and teams, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all Elon teams
  • Mentored younger writers, strengthening overall content quality while adhering to AP style guidelines and managing tight deadlines
  • Collaborated with Elon athletics communications to ensure alignment with brand messaging
  • Managed official X account, created unique social media, mic’d up content

Elon Athletics Communications Assistant                Sept. 2022-May 2025

  • Updated Men’s Basketball media guides using InDesign, assisted with production of game previews and recaps, performed regular website maintenance
  • Announced lineups, advertisements and announcements on public address system at Elon baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer and lacrosse games, spoke to crowds of 800+, honed PA and MC skills
  • Stat caller for men’s and women’s basketball, logged play-by-play data for Stat Broadcast, selected to serve as official Stat Input for three CBS Sports’ Elon men’s basketball national TV broadcasts
  • Assisted with coordination of student-athlete media availability

Basketball Radio Commentator, WSOE 89.3                   Nov. 2023-Present

  • Serve as color commentator, studio host for Elon women’s basketball student-run broadcasts
  • Provide real-time analysis, create and use detailed spotting boards with storylines, stats, narratives

ACC Strategic Communications Intern                  June 2024-August 2024

  • Supported external strategy and communications efforts for the ACC’s 28 DI sponsored sports
  • Wrote press release published to official conference website
  • Contributed to the coordination and execution of ACC Kickoff media week for the 17 football teams
  • Assisted in management of media credentials for Kickoff, served as hospitality liaison between student-athletes, coaches, local and national media
  • Created development, salary, and fundraising Excel reports for each member institution

ENN Sports Reporter and Photographer                        Feb. 2023-Jan. 2024

  • Wrote articles, shot and edited photographs of 25-plus Elon sporting events for Elon News Network website and social media accounts
  • Produced high-quality long-form content about games at fast rate to meet tight deadlines

Writer and Gameday Intern, Lynchburg Hillcats       June 2023-Aug. 2023

  • Wrote long-form feature stories about players and coaches published on Hillcats’ official minor league baseball website, work reposted on UNC-Chapel Hill baseball X account
  • Ran scoreboard and pitch clock, worked promotions and marketing booth, served as in-game usher

Account Executive, Live Oak Communications         Aug. 2023-Dec. 2023

  • Promoted social media campaigns for local client, McPherson Cleaners  to the Live Oak Agency team.
  • Created social media posts and a campaign brief including SWOT analysis reports to present to clients and members of Live Oak agency.

Liberty Athletics Communications Intern             June 2022-August 2022

  • Used Adobe Suite, PhotoShelter and StatCrew for archival projects for Liberty football and baseball season statistics reports
  • Assisted in the facilitation of media training, press conferences and football media week guide