Matthew Paras Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Primary media contact for the women’s basketball and women’s soccer program.

South Bend, In

• Primary media contact for the Notre Dame baseball and secondary contact for Notre Dame Football.• During the spring of 2018, was the primary media contact for women's lacrosse and track & field.• Directs and oversees content creation, aggregation and distribution responsibilities for baseball and football.• Assisted with the football communications stuff during the run to the College Football Playoff in the 2018 season.• Create compelling stories in written, video, social media, graphics or other innovative formats. • Generate and oversee the distribution of record books/media guides, news articles and short-form video, stats and social media interactions. • Develop external media relationships, managing media requests for assigned sport, game-day event management activities (including statistics) and supporting coaching staffs in their recruiting efforts.

Nashville, Tennessee

• Currently the sport contact for soccer and lacrosse for the 2017-18 athletic year.• Director of communications for the Vanderbilt lacrosse and swimming programs in 2016-17.• In charge of the social media accounts for each of my primary sports.• Built and updated the player pages in the football game notes each week• Film interviews with players and coaches, edit and upload to the official athletics YouTube account for multiple sports • Produced the football postgame notes for all home games during the 2016 season and select men’s basketball games during the season• Assisted with social media on all platforms pregame, during, and postgame for select football games throughout the season • In-game tweeting experience for football, men’s and women’s basketball, swimming, and lacrosse

Louisville, Kentucky

• Composed the women’s basketball postgame notes after home games throughout the season, updated player and record pages in the game notes• Scored 24 baseball games to begin the year along with a few softball games throughout the season• Produced and maintained 15+ pages of the weekly football game notes throughout the season along with postgame notes for a select number of games• Traveled with the football staff to road contests at Florida State, NC State and the Music City Bowl• Continued to film postgame interviews and uploaded them to the official Youtube account for sports such as football, men’s basketball, men’s soccer and baseball• Created, edited and designed press releases for U of L athletic contests, special events, teams, coaches, and student-athletes• Helped with the production of media guides and media materials• Assisted in the overall communication and maintenance of athletics website• Contributed to the department’s social media communication efforts• Assisted in game day operations working with event management in producing successful events• Managed press operations at home athletic events and arrange interviews between media, coaches and student-athletes• Delegated and supervising student media workers with assigned projects and other duties as assigned

Louisville, Kentucky

• Produced postgame notes following each women’s basketball home game• Filmed postgame interviews and uploaded them to the website for sports such as football, men’s basketball, men’s soccer and baseball.• Operated promotion, publicity, and game day operations of all 23 NCAA sports• Composed press releases and game stories• Maintained Louisville athletics social media sites• Made contributions to the 2014-2015 Women’s Basketball Media Guide

Louisville, Kentucky

B.S. Sport Administration '14M.S. Sport Administration '16

Providence, Ri

• Drafted and composed press releases for the office• Put together donation bags to send out to donors and friends of the college• Updated the donor contact list • Facilitated in the preparation and execution of the 2013 Friar Golf Classic

Master'S Degree, Sport Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Sport Administration