Resume

Professional experience:

Sports writer, The Daily Journal, Vineland, N.J.

Feb. 2006 to Jan. 2010

Wrote about the personal, social and academic adjustments made by athletes in their first year of college in “Year One.“ Chronicled how the rise of Little League baseball in Vineland coincided with the influx of Hispanic immigrants in the early 1980s. Analyzed why local high school coaching staffs fail to represent the diversity of staff and student bodies in “Diversity Shortfall.” Over a span of four years, provided in-depth looks into the life of Mike Trout, a local boy who grew into a top baseball prospect and was drafted in the first round by the Los Angeles Angels last summer.

Sports Intern, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia

Fall 2005

Discovered what cross country runners do to break the monotony of long runs in “Harriers devise ways to keep mental focus.” As part of the 2005-06 high school basketball preview, profiled teammates Jason Love and Drew Jones and their motivation to make something of themselves in “Battling bookends.”

Freelancer, Dime magazine, New York

Sept./Oct. 2005

Explained the rise of then-Temple basketball player Mardy Collins in a one-page profile.

Sports Intern, The Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine

Summer 2005Joined a small-town, unaffiliated minor league baseball team on a 340-mile bus trip from Sanford, Maine, to Montpelier, Vt., for profile on the lives of longshot professional baseball players titled “A long road to a dream.”

Sports stringer, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.

Summer 2004

Traveled throughout the area south of Boston writing features on American Legion and high school baseball, sailing regattas and hockey.

Sports Editor/Staff Writer, The Temple News, Philadelphia

2003 to 2006

Revealed oversights in academic support for athletes in story titled “Ineligible players: It’s not our fault,” which won the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association’s Collegiate Sportswriting Award.