Senior member of the two-person beat-reporting team covering the Alabama Crimson Tide for a digital-first news outlet. APSE awards in top circulation category:2018: Top 10 in explanatory story2018: Top 10 in beat writer2019: Top 10 in explanatory story2019: Top 10 in beat writerAPSE top-10 in explanatory story and beat writing in 2019 for largest circulation competition.

Covering every aspect of Hurricane athletics in print and online. Breaking news, shooting video and stills for the blog, and telling the stories behind the stories is the plan. Like in the previous job, football is the focus, but there are still stories to tell with the other programs. No one will outwork me.

I cover the University of Alabama for the Decatur Daily, Anniston Star, Florence TimesDaily, Montgomery Advertiser and Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. The focus of the beat is the football program 365 days a year with breaking news, player features, enterprise, etc. In my first three years, I have approximately 1,400 bylines including notebooks. I also launched the first sports blog at The Daily, posting more than 3,000 times including 720-plus videos that have received in excess of 2.3 million views.Awards:Football Writers Association of America: 2011, honorable mention, enterpriseAlabama APME: 2011, first place, sports non-deadlineAlabama Press Association, 2011, third place, sports feature

I primarily covered high school sports but shifted to Ball State men's basketball beat for a few months in 2008-09.Awards:Associated Press Sports Editors: 2008, honorable mention, explanatory package under 40,000 circulationIndiana Associated Press Managing Editors: 2008, first place, non-deadline sports reporting.Hoosier State Press Association: 2008, third place, sports feature story.

Covered high school, college and professional sports.

Split time with news and sports as a summer intern.