My fourth grade teacher at Brookside Elementary School was Laurette Rogers. In the spring she assigned her students state reports. By that time I had realized I was not going to shoot a jumper like Chris Mullin or hit a fastball like Mark McGwire. Even though I knew that I was not going to play sports for a living, I sure did like watching and talking about them. I chose to do my report on New York, home of Syracuse University. In 2003, I broadcast Jim Boeheim and Carmelo Anthony's National Title Game victory courtside in New Orleans.
From SU, I have traveled the country broadcasting games. For a decade Auburn Doubledays, Hickory Crawdads, and Charlotte Knights baseball kept me busy throughout the summer.
Following two seasons at the University of Vermont, and one year at Radford University, I received an opportunity to broadcast basketball games at Winthrop University. For 17 years I followed the Eagles, a great run including five NCAA Tournament appearances highlighted by a 2007 First Round victory over Notre Dame.
Football play-by-play duties at Middlebury College, Johnson C. Smith University, and Gardner-Webb University concluded in 2023 with the Runnin' Bulldogs second consecutive FCS Playoffs appearance.
The Southern Conference created an outside-the-box position that I accepted late in 2023. The tradition rich league wanted a play-by-play broadcaster who could imagine digital content and act as the Voice and Face of the conference.
I've been fortunate to cover the NBA, NFL and MLB at different points along the way.
After I received my Masters from Winthrop in May 2010, that degree has enabled me to become an Adjunct Professor of Mass Communications at Winthrop and Queens University of Charlotte.
I was married in the summer of 2010. My wife and I have been fortunate to travel extensively.