Michael High

Responsible for publicity of day-to-day media relations, creation of new content, and communication efforts for nine different sports.
Responsible for supervise and train student statisticians to stat football, soccer, volleyball and basketball.
Served as primary liaison between media, student-athletes and coaches for my nine sports.
Planned, organized, and facilitated, including but not limited to, press conferences, press releases, interviews, photo shoots, written content and social media content.
Promoted student-athletes for conference, regional, and national awards.
Responsible for all media relations functions and manager of the press box or press row.

Primary contact for baseball, volleyball, women's tennis and tertiary for football
Created game notes and programs for assigned sports.
Wrote recaps, previews and press releases for assigned teams.
Created and designed graphics for website and social media.
Maintained record keeping and statistics for assigned sports.

Primary contact for MW Soccer, MW Basketball, MW Golf, Baseball.
Created game notes and programs for assigned sports.
Wrote recaps, previews and press releases for assigned teams.
Created and designed graphics for website and social media.
Maintained record keeping and statistics for assigned sports.
Input stats into Statcrew for football, soccer, volleyball, basketball and baseball.

Prepared and set-up press box with material for the media (i.e. game day packets)
Recorded and transcribed post-game quotes
Delivered stats to media and locker rooms
Assisted media with any questions regarding the team, stadium or press box

Performed dutis as the official scorekeeper and the stringer (digitial scorekeeping system)
Operated Daktronics Scoreboard and the Venus 1500 message board.

Provided PA duties when regular PA not available

Assisted with media relations and game day operations for the first two rounds of the 2018 NCAA Basketball Championship
Liason between Conference USA, eight Sports Information Directors and the media for the 2018 C-USA Softball Championship
Official scorer for all 10 games of the 2018 Conference USA Softball Championship
Primary contact for men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, and softball
Ran the Media Relations portion for the Charlotte First Pitch Classic and the 49er Classic
Assisted with football, men’s and women’s soccer, and mens and women’s basketball
Updated and maintained record books and game notes
Compiled team statistics and records
Reported statistics to Conference USA
Assisted with game day and press box operations
Input stats in statcrew for softball and soccer
Created and edited media guides for primary sports

Announced baseball games for Old Dominion University
Conducted pregame interviews with the head coach

Best Sport’s Show for the 2014-2015 school year
Best broadcast for 2015 National Invitational semi-final
Play-by-Play for the 2015 NIT at Madison Square Garden
Play-by-Play Broadcaster for highest rated program in studio history in NIT quarter-finals

Called over 200 games between baseball, football, basketball and soccer

Directly worked for the Assistant Director of Media Relations
Copy Editor over three interns
Edited for appropriate tone, conciseness, and accuracy
Adapted quickly in a fast paced environment
Organized and scheduled work effectively and efficiently
Juggled as many as five projects at any given time
Wrote weekly recaps for eight sports
Submitted Player of the Week nominations for five sports
Assisted in the production of the basketball media guides and schedules
Assisted in the production of the End of Year review of the 2014-2015 athletic year

Media/Public Relations Intern
Wrote over 40 game recaps
Selected Player and Pitcher of the Week Awards for coach
Submitted Player and Pitcher of the Week Awards to the league
Submitted information for FCSL yearbook and media guide
Conducted coach and player interviews
Transcribed coach and player interviews
Wrote coach and player biographies
Wrote feature stories for league website
Wrote Public Address Announcer Scripts
Play-by-play and color analyst for streaming broadcast

Scorekeeper
Used Point Streak to keep home game scores and stats
Provided stats to coaching staff
Uploaded game stats to the league website
Public address announcer and in-game music

Marketing and Game Day Operations
Marketing and Promotion to include obtaining sponsors and promotional giveaways
Updated social media for team
Prepared stadium, press box and concession stand for home games
Worked with local businesses on promotion nights and sponsorship
Obtained surveys of fans at special events such as All-Star Games