Michael Smith
Sports Information Director, Broadcaster & Media person
Dodge City, KS 67801
Contact: [email protected]
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR): DODGE CITY, KANSAS
Sports Information Director (August 2021-Present)
NJCAA NETWORK (PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCASTER): WICHITA, KANSAS
Play-by-play announcer for NCJAA DII Men's Soccer National Tournament (June 5th-10th 2021)
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR): FOREST GROVE, OREGON
Sports Information Director (August 2020-March 2020)
HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR): HIGHLAND, KANSAS
Sports Information Director/Assistant to Athletic Director - "Voice of Highland Community College" (July 2018-July 2020)
KANZALAND RADIO (103.9 KNZA & 92.1 KMZA) (SPORTS DIRECTOR): HIAWATHA & SENECA, KANSAS
Sports Director, On-air personality and play-by-play announcer (November 2011-July 2018)
RAINBOW COMMINCATIONS (VIDEOGRAPHER/BROADCASTER): HIAWATHA, KS
Videographer/Broadcaster (October 2016-July 2020)
810VARSITY.COM (810 WHB RADIO KANSAS CITY) (SPORTS BROADCASTER): KANSAS/MISSOURI
Play-by-play announcer (April 2011-November 2011)
Play-by-play announcer/Color analyst/Media Relations (Aug. 2010- March 2011)
OLD DOMINION ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR): SALEM, VA
Technical director for video webcast of the ODAC basketball tournament games (Feb. 2011)
OFFENSE-DEFENSE SPORTS (YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMPS): Myrtle Beach, SC
Sports broadcasting internship. (May 2010- Aug 2010)
90.7 KJHK FM (UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT RADIO): Lawrence, KS
Sports talk show co-host/host and play-by-play for KU sports. (Aug. 2007- May 2010)
JAYHAWK SPORTS TALK ON KUJH-TV (KU STUDENT TV):
Anchor/Reporter/Web producer/Graphic design, (Sept. 2009- May 2010)
KUJH-TV (KU STUDENT TV): Reporter, (Aug. 2009-Dec. 2009)
610 SPORTS RADIO (KCSP): 7000 Squibb rd, Mission, KS 66202 (913) 744-3600
Intern (May 2008- Jan. 2009), On-Air operations
COMMITTEES:
AWARDS:
SKILLS:
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: Lawrence, KS (Aug. 2007 - May 2010) Bachelor’s degree in Journalism: News and Information
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Overland Park, KS (Aug. 2005-Spring 2007) 58 hours completed
FORT SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Fort Scott, KS (Jan. 2003-May 2005) 11 hours completed in high school
OSAWATOMIE HIGH SCHOOL: Osawatomie, KS (May 2005)
Sports Information Director, Broadcaster & Media person
Dodge City, KS 67801
Contact: [email protected]
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR): DODGE CITY, KANSAS
Sports Information Director (August 2021-Present)
- Serve as media liaison for all Dodge City Community College sports
- Media relation work - write recap/preview stories, Athlete of the Week features, design graphics, run social media platforms, oversee live stream broadcast, develop game notes, edit website (goconqs.com), develop video content, develop sponsorship opportunities using our social media/live stream/and more.
- Play-by-play announcer for volleyball, men's and women's soccer, softball, and baseball. Fill-in for basketball.
- Helped oversee gameday operations - scheduled personnel, setup and clean up (locker rooms, concessions, facilities and more), take stats (Statcrew), oversee live stream, and more
NJCAA NETWORK (PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCASTER): WICHITA, KANSAS
Play-by-play announcer for NCJAA DII Men's Soccer National Tournament (June 5th-10th 2021)
- Play-by-play announcer for all 15 matches of the NJCAA DII Men's Soccer National Tournament streamed on the NJCAA Network
- Also served as color commentator for NJCAA DI Men's Soccer National Tournament Semifinals & Finals streamed on the NJCAA Network
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR): FOREST GROVE, OREGON
Sports Information Director (August 2020-March 2020)
- Serve as media liaison for 22 varsity sports at Pacific University
- Develop new ideas to enhance the student athletes experience and continue to promote the student athlete at Pacific. Examples: Alumni features, upgrades to live stream, media days, video content, graphics and more.
HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR): HIGHLAND, KANSAS
Sports Information Director/Assistant to Athletic Director - "Voice of Highland Community College" (July 2018-July 2020)
- Served as the media liaison for all Highland Community College sports and local media
- Media relation work - wrote recap/preview stories, Athlete of the Week features, designed graphics, ran social media platforms, oversaw live stream broadcast, developed game notes, edited website (scottieathletics.com), developed video content, oversaw video content for football videoboard
- "Voice of Highland Community College" - served as play-by-play broadcaster for all Scottie sports - football, volleyball, women's and men's basketball, baseball and softball. (oversee all live stream broadcasts)
- Hosted bi-weekly sports talk show called "Scottie Sports Talk" reviewing and previewing latest Highland sports action with interviews of athletes and coaches. Show also features special interviews with former Highland athletes, along with highlights from latest games.
- Helped oversee gameday operations - scheduled personnel, setup and clean up (locker rooms, concessions, facilities and more)
KANZALAND RADIO (103.9 KNZA & 92.1 KMZA) (SPORTS DIRECTOR): HIAWATHA & SENECA, KANSAS
Sports Director, On-air personality and play-by-play announcer (November 2011-July 2018)
- Daily sports reports on local, regional and national sports on both KNZA and KMZA
- Play-by-play for multiple area high schools in the following sports: football, volleyball, basketball, softball, baseball and also legion baseball.
- Maintain and run stations sports website, www.mscsports.net, with coverage of many Northeast Kansas, Southeast Nebraska and Northwest Missouri high schools. Website features individual school pages, stories on all high school sports, scores, standings, coaches’ shows and more.
- Other duties: Cover and report on news (when needed), host morning show (on occasion), production & write copy, help maintain station websites, broadcast remotes, on-air DJ shift, weekly coaches shows (during football and basketball season), severe weather coverage, design & develop website ads for clients using photoshop, sales and more.
RAINBOW COMMINCATIONS (VIDEOGRAPHER/BROADCASTER): HIAWATHA, KS
Videographer/Broadcaster (October 2016-July 2020)
- Film local events to be produce later or streamed live for local TV
- Edit and film events with multiple cameras
- Serve as play-by-play broadcaster for select area sports events videotaped/streamed by Rainbow
810VARSITY.COM (810 WHB RADIO KANSAS CITY) (SPORTS BROADCASTER): KANSAS/MISSOURI
Play-by-play announcer (April 2011-November 2011)
- Served as the play-by-play broadcaster for St. Teresa Academy girls’ varsity soccer team and St. James girls' varsity squad (during their state title run) in the spring of 2011.
- Fall broadcast: Bishop Miege High school football, St. James Academy boys’ varsity soccer and St. Teresa’s volleyball and softball.
Play-by-play announcer/Color analyst/Media Relations (Aug. 2010- March 2011)
- Play-by-play and color analyst work for multiple sports: field hockey, soccer, volleyball and basketball.
- Technical director for bi-weekly Roanoke College web-based sports talk show. Duties: make sure show runs smoothly, create graphics for show and run the Tricaster for the broadcast (also ran the Tricaster during games as well)
- Media relations duties: designing and develop game notes and web graphics for website
OLD DOMINION ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR): SALEM, VA
Technical director for video webcast of the ODAC basketball tournament games (Feb. 2011)
- Streamed the men’s and women’s ODAC tournament basketball contests online using a Tricaster. I operated the Tricaster, controlling multiple camera angles, broadcasters audio, graphics and video commercials.
OFFENSE-DEFENSE SPORTS (YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMPS): Myrtle Beach, SC
Sports broadcasting internship. (May 2010- Aug 2010)
- Traveled with Offense-Defense Sports, where I videotaped their youth football camps, as well as conducted interviews with coaches, campers, parents and NFL pros at the camp.
- Operating standard video equipment, as well as a Hi-pod (31 ft) tripod (used to shoot footage of the field, for live streaming video online); also served as camp photographer.
90.7 KJHK FM (UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT RADIO): Lawrence, KS
Sports talk show co-host/host and play-by-play for KU sports. (Aug. 2007- May 2010)
- Contributed interviews for pre-recorded Saturday morning sports show.
- Hosted and co-hosted weekly sports talk shows, booking weekly guests from coaches and players to sports personalities. Developed and run a website for the show, I was on.
- Play-by-play for football, men’s & women’s basketball and baseball. Also hosted/co-hosted pre/postgame and halftime shows, as well as sideline reporting for football.
- Other duties consisted of: cutting audio, creating and conducting promotions for shows, attending press conferences and media days and serving as a technical producer.
JAYHAWK SPORTS TALK ON KUJH-TV (KU STUDENT TV):
Anchor/Reporter/Web producer/Graphic design, (Sept. 2009- May 2010)
- Anchor Tuesday edition of Jayhawk Sports talk for 2010 spring semester. Other duties included web producer, designing graphics and shoot/editing video.
KUJH-TV (KU STUDENT TV): Reporter, (Aug. 2009-Dec. 2009)
- Reporter for news broadcasts; responsibilities included: shooting and editing video, writing scripts, developing story ideas. As well as camera operator for newscasts.
610 SPORTS RADIO (KCSP): 7000 Squibb rd, Mission, KS 66202 (913) 744-3600
Intern (May 2008- Jan. 2009), On-Air operations
- Worked on all local sports talk shows in morning, afternoon and night.
- Duties for shows: edit and cut audio; screen calls; run sound board; produce segments; contact and book guests for shows; maintain and update website daily.
COMMITTEES:
- 2ySIDA Two-Year College Cabinet Member
AWARDS:
- CoSIDA 2021-22 Publications & Digital Design Contests - 6th place Spring Infographics Game Feature (College Division)
- 2ySIDA Sports Information Director of the Month (October 2021) - while at Dodge City CC
- 2018 KAB Award - 2nd place Special Program (Small Market Radio) - KNZA FM (Highlights of Solar Eclipse August 21st, 2017)
Honorable Mention Sports Feature (Small Market Radio) - KMZA FM (2017 Centralia Panthers Volleyball State Recap) - 2017 KAB Award - 2nd place Sports Feature (Small Market Radio) - KNZA FM (Interview with Former B&B Football Player, Cody Heiman)
2nd place Station Website (Small Market Radio) - KNZA FM (www.mscnews.net & www.mscsports.net)
Honorable Mention Sports Feature (Small Market Radio) - KMZA FM (Onaga vs Valley Falls record setting 8-Man Football game recap)
SKILLS:
- Knowledge of Adobe Suite – Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Indesign, and etc.
- Knowledge of Microsoft programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and etc.
- Knowledge of Sidearm and Presto Sports websites
- Knowledge of Live streaming programs & software/equipment: BlueFrame, Stretch, YouTube, and etc.
(Production Truck, OBS, Tricaster, and more) - Videography – knowledge of shooting and editing video from live streaming events to post-production
- Photography – knowledge and skill of taking photos from sporting events to headshots, posed action shots, and etc.
- Knowledge of Social Media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: Lawrence, KS (Aug. 2007 - May 2010) Bachelor’s degree in Journalism: News and Information
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Overland Park, KS (Aug. 2005-Spring 2007) 58 hours completed
FORT SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Fort Scott, KS (Jan. 2003-May 2005) 11 hours completed in high school
OSAWATOMIE HIGH SCHOOL: Osawatomie, KS (May 2005)