Connection

For nearly 5 years now I have been a contracted announcer for local sporting events. Every time I step foot in a press box or sit behind a scorers table, I feel an instant connection with the microphone and game going on. The first time I grabbed a microphone to do this, it was in front of over 2,000 people and I was shaking with nerves. After 3 or 4 times of doing it I began to feel a real connection with what I was doing. It felt right. Little did I know, that 5 years ago, when I picked this up just for fun, I would fall in love with it enough to make it my major and hopefully my profession down the road.

This has led to many great opportunities including many job offers. In fact, during my time in high school when I was the announcer, the local media found out about me and with in a couple weeks there was a front page article in the Columbus Dispatch highlighting, Me! After the article had been published, two local news stations, NBC and CBS came to one of the basketball games I was announcing and each did a story on me for the 11 O'clock news. It was certainly an exciting year for me.

After word spread of me and my announcing people noticed I developed a "signature call" during basketball games, and that was, "Traaavviiinnggg Viiioolaattiooonn". I couldn't walk down the halls in my school without someone saying it to me. So, I decided to print this saying on 100 t-shirts and sell them at the games. Little did I know these shirts would sell out before I even printed them. So, at the games, seated behind me, was my own little fan section wearing my signature tee.

I will always have a connection to announcing and I can not wait to pursue this career farther than I already have.