Tim Castaneda Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Provo, Utah Area

• Serve as primary media relations contact for Utah Valley University’s NCAA Division I women’s basketball, cross country and track and field programs• Contribute game recaps, press releases and feature stories to GoUVU.com• Handled social media duties on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote media content for assigned sports• Used Twitter to post live, in-game updates for several sports• Created pre-game and post-game graphics to post on Twitter for assigned sports and various other sports• Coordinated talent for video and/or radio broadcasts for women’s basketball home games•Served as stats runner at home games for several sports•Produced game programs for each season’s women’s basketball home game•Created and updated game notes on a regular basis to distribute to the media via email and game day media kits• Responsible in-game and seasonal statistic keeping for indicated sports• Interviewed student-athletes and coaches for assigned sports, as well as other sports when needed• Assisted with Western Athletic Conference and ESPN3 broadcasts, including talent stats on various occasions.• Worked closely with the Western Athletic Conference office and other national organizations to nominate student-athletes from assigned sports for special weekly and annual awards• Updated record books, schedules, rosters, player bios, and seasonal statistics on GoUVU.com for assigned sports • Assisted the External Relations team with various department needs and events• Worked to fulfill coaches’ and student-athletes’ special requests for side projects• Helped create media credentials for any media covering women’s basketball• Photographed select cross country/track and field meets and women’s basketball contests• Oversaw in-game statistic keeping at home games for women’s basketball, men’s basketball, men’s soccer and women’s soccer contests

Farmville, Virginia

• Served as primary contact for Longwood’s NCAA Division I field hockey, men’s tennis and women’s lacrosse programs• Contributed game recaps, press releases and feature stories to LongwoodLancers.com• Used StatCrew for in-game and seasonal statistic keeping for primary sports, as well as men’s and women’s basketball home games• Handled social media duties on Twitter and Facebook to promote written content for assigned sports• Used Twitter to post live, in-game updates for several sports• Created pre-game and post-game graphics to post on Twitter for assigned sports and various other sports• Produced 12-page game programs for basketball home games• Served as stats runner for men’s and women’s basketball games• Updated player pages in men’s basketball game notes following each game• Interviewed student-athletes and coaches for assigned sports, as well as other sports when needed• Assisted with Big South Network and ESPN3 broadcasts, including graphics display, scorebug and camera operation• Worked closely with the Big South Conference office to nominate student-athletes from assigned sports for weekly and annual awards• Updated schedule, roster, player bios and html statistics on LongwoodLancers.com for assigned sports• Assisted the External Relations team with various department needs and events

Orem, Utah

• Provided sports articles for the UVU Review in print and online at UVUreview.com.• Obtained experience in sports writing using current AP-Style.• Experienced writing feature articles covering sports. • Attended and covered NCAA Division I sporting events for Utah Valley University including men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s basketball and softball.• Interviews with coaches and athletes as a sports reporter.• Worked with the Sports Information department to set up interviews with coaches and athletes.• Covered other assignments as directed by the sports-section editor.• Generated ideas on feature articles relating to UVU Athletics at newsroom pitch meetings.

Spanish Fork, Utah

Spanish Fork, Utah