I am the University of Arkansas sports reporter for SWTimes.com and USA Today.

Covered 14 high schools on a daily basis to provide breaking news, game stories, features, digital and enterprise content.Kept stats, provided social media updates, did Facebook lives and video work both in front and behind the camera, wrote features and covered games on deadline for local high school and college sports. Won second place in the 2018 NC Press Association Awards for Investigative Reporting on the Topsail baseball team being ineligible for the NCHSAA Playoffs. Won third place in the 2019 NC Press Association Awards for Sports News Reporting on the New Hanover baseball team winning a state championship. Won first place in the 2020 NC Press Association Awards for Sports News Reporting on the New Hanover-Hoggard football rivalry. Compiled background research for feature stories and selecting our all-area teams and players of the year. Research involved statistical analysis comparing athletes and trends.Connected with the community and expanded our publication’s reach by engaging in social media on a daily basis.Helped plan and organize our StarNewsVarsity Banquet, which honors over 400 local athletes with 1,000 guests and is the highlight of our sports coverage.

Applied my knowledge of sports and writing skills to cover local Wilmington athletics, such as: football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, and swimming.Heavily involved with the newsroom team’s story creation and production through online collaboration in Skype, Google Docs., and email.Connected with the community during events through live social media updates and conversation.Interview players and coaches on background and current activity both in person and via phone.

Kept stats, provided social media updates, and wrote stories while multitasking on deadline covering high school football.Fulfilled multifaceted duties that included reporting, news/feature writing, researching, fact-checking, proofreading and composing headlines.Developed proficient journalism writing skills while covering live events, player profiles, expanded features, and short blog entries.

Followed a consistent beat and developed sources of information to provide both interesting and breaking news about the UNCW baseball team.Created a blog for the 2015 baseball season at http://diamondhawkscoop.sportsblog.com/.

Referee the PAL Hoops Basketball league while developing positive relationships and bonds with the kids involved.

Planned and produced two weekly local sports stories. Expanded my knowledge of sports through coverage of sailing, fishing, biking, and skateboarding.