No other media operation covers the Mountaineers like Gold and Blue Nation. Alongside daily sports reports that air on five Nexstar stations in West Virginia and Maryland, GBN produces more than 70 hours of studio programming annually, including episodes of Mountaineer GameDay, The Neal Brown Show and The WVU Coaches Show.In 2021, Gold and Blue Nation won the Outstanding Sports Operation of the Virginias award from the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters. We were once again a finalist for that award in 2022. In 2022, Mountaineer GameDay, our flagship WVU sports pregame show, was named Best Locally Produced Television Show by the West Virginia Broadcasters Association, and I was named Best Sports Anchor in the state for the fourth time. My duties in this role: • Oversee daily operations of five-person staff• Produce & anchor Mountaineer GameDay, the best locally produced TV show in West Virginia, which reaches 3 million TV homes in the region• Script, shoot & edit The Neal Brown Show and The WVU Coaches Show• Report on WVU Athletics for GoldAndBlueNation.com and serve as the site's editor• Create and execute media strategy for GBN digital platforms, using video, photos and web articles to tell greater sports stories• GBN.com and the GBN app combined to generate nearly 5 million impressions in 2023• Launched GBN Podcast in January 2022, which surpassed 150,000 downloads less than two years after debut

Achievements: -3x Best Sports Anchor from WVBA (2019, 2020, 2022)-2021 VAPB Best Sports Anchor Runner-up-2017 WVBA Best SportscastMy duties include: -Producing 3-5 daily reports, which are packages that air on up to five Nexstar stations in West Virginia and Maryland-Anchoring live pregame shows during football and basketball season-Hosting and editing segments for our seasonal coaches shows, which also air on up to five Nexstar stations and AT&T SportsNet in Pittsburgh-Creating additional "digital-first" video content and web stories for wvillustrated.com, making multiple posts per day-Staying active on social media and operating verified accounts on Facebook and TwitterAdditional responsibilities: -Handled play-by-play duties for the 2019 Gold-Blue Spring Game, which was televised on four Nexstar stations and streamed on WVUsports.com-Led breaking news coverage of a historic coaching change for WVU football in 2019; also hosted "The Neal Brown Special," which featured segments produced from Brown's hometown of Danville, Kentucky-Oversaw and organized the creation of a WV Illustrated video archive View my demo reel and a play-by-play sample by clicking the links below:

Play-by-play announcer for college soccer, basketball, baseball and rifle, as well as WVU football team's Gold-Blue Spring Game. Broadcast between 20-30 NCAA Division I sporting events annually. In 2023, I served as the lead men's soccer announcer during WVU's first run to the College Cup. Play-by-play events included three NCAA Tournament matches and an upset victory over No. 1 Marshall. In 2024, I provided play-by-play for the 2024 NCAA Rifle Championships, which were hosted in Morgantown at the WVU Coliseum.

Duties include producing and anchoring nightly sportscasts, shooting and editing highlights and feature stories on local athletes and managing a small staff of reporters and photographers. I focus on telling stories beyond what viewers see on the field. Cover 24 high schools in a 13-county region, along with five Division II programs and the West Virginia Black Bears (Pirates short-season Class A affiliate). Received the 2017 "Best Sportscast" award from the West Virginia Broadcasters Association.Promoted to Sports Director after one year as a general assignment reporter, covering news in the Morgantown area. Most notable assignments include covering West Virginia University's discovery of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Broadcast high school sports for online audio stream as play-by-play announcer and broadcast associate; interview players and coaches for postgame reaction; produce print and audio game recaps for MSASports.net and the MSA Scoreboard Show; prepare 6-8 hours for each broadcast with announcing partner

Broadcast Division III sports online for various outlets. Involved in executing all aspects of each broadcast, from play-by-play to halftime/pregame/postgame interviews.

Produce sports talk shows at Pittsburgh's top sports radio station, the flagship home of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pitt Panthers. Work with the market's top radio hosts to plan and execute segments, break news and inform listeners.

Deliver a 5-7 minute newscast live at the top of the hour at an award-winning, small-market radio station; generate all stories used in hourly newscast, which includes news, sports and weather; gather actualities from local diplomats and people of interest; work a 10-hour shift on Saturday mornings and as a fill-in on weekdays; broadcasted four PONY League World Series games with Lanny Frattare, a former voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates for 33 years.

Nominated for three Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for best non-daily student newspaper and best general news reporting; dedicate more than 25 hours per week to developing the four sections of the Yellow Jacket; manage a staff of more than 20 writers and five designers; compose two to four articles weekly, covering campus and region news and writing occasional opinion pieces; create layout for the four-page Campus section; edit copy according to AP Style and train new writers and editors to follow the stylebook; generate assignments and editorial topics with assistance from the Assignments and Op/Ed teams; promoted from post as Assistant Sports Editor after the 2012-13 school year.

Prepare 8-12 hours for each televised broadcast; execute calls as a play-by-play announcer as part of the network's "A Team"; announced more than a dozen basketball, football and soccer games since 2012; notable calls include the football team’s historic 10th win and ECAC South West Bowl victory in 2012 and the men's basketball team's upset of conference-leader Saint Vincent in 2013-14.

Served as in-stadium voice of the Rebellion during its inaugural National Pro Fastpitch season; delivered lineups, player names, substitutions and other in-game announcements during 24 home games; coordinated with Creative Director and CBS Sports producer to execute timely pregame reads to deadline

Emceed and entertained fans during inning breaks at 43 Wild Things home games at CONSOL Energy Park; interacted with fans of all ages during contests and games; interviewed players for Wild Thing’s YouTube channel, including Matt Sergey after first perfect game in league history; showed flexibility by doubling as a camera or replay operator when production team was short staffed.

Delivered daily newspapers in my hometown of Lower Burrell, Pa. Learned the responsibilities of meeting deadlines and satisfying customers while feeding my interests for news, sports and journalism.