About Me

They say that sports is life.  Whether is be baseball, basketball, hockey, or football, sports plays a significant role in shaping one’s life.  In my case in particular, sports has made me who I am today.
It began at an early age on the soccer fields and at the playground at school. Sports taught me how to interact with my peers and develop relationships. My best friend to this day is a teammate of mine from when I was five years old. Now in college, it is so nice to look back and remember the times when life was as complicated as lacing up your cleats, but now to see how far we have come from the days when it was important to wave to your parents as they admired you from the sidelines.
As I got older, sports became a way of focusing myself away from my studies and a mechanism for avoiding trouble, especially drugs and alcohol.  Off the field, sports taught me how to manage my time and prioritize, knowing that my education came first, so that when it came time to step onto the court, I was able to.
In high school, my heart left the baseball diamond, and landed on the hardwood. I was the point guard, the core of my team. If I failed, my team would fail, no excuses.
I quickly assumed the role of the set up man, and the leader of my team. I distributed the ball to my other teammates, and kept us in balance. My experiences with the other eleven individuals on the team taught me more than I ever learned sitting in the classroom.  I learned how to deal with different personality types, and get along with those of who had different interests and a different upbringing.   Most importantly, I learned that everyone has something great to offer.  By prying a little piece of good from each teammate, we eliminated everything else that was going wrong in our lives, and lived in the moment.  No, we did not win a state championship, nor a league title at that, but what we did win is much more valuable than a trophy, we identified who each of us was, both strengths and weaknesses, and took a major step in identifying our true-selves.
Entering college, I had a new found perspective.  I stepped onto the campus of UC San Diego, as a walk-on basketball player.  My focus in school had always been in math and science, and I had aspirations of becoming a doctor.  Before school started, in just my fourth day of college practice, my collar bone snapped.  I have never felt a pain such as that.  Mononucleosis soon followed and prompted me to hang up my shoes indefinitely. I then transferred to USC and have never looked back.
I truly believe that I have found my calling in sports journalism.  I came to USC knowing nothing about journalism, but envisioned myself as an announcer.  Now, my focus is turning broadcasting into my own sport.
For now, I spend most of my time as a sports anchor for Annenberg Television News, and as a reporter for Trojans All-Access, which covers all sports here at USC.
A dream job, would be being able to call play-by-play during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four.  The comradery, spirit, and sense of pride displayed by the athletes competing, I feel is unmatched at any professional level.
Upon graduation, I hope to enter a small market station and implement my own “hook and look.” I sit now and admire Lowell Galindo on ESPN U, and see myself following in his footsteps. I plan to use the platform presented to me know at USC, and in my first job to springboard me into a position that would ultimately allow me to become a network sports anchor and a play-by-play analyst for college basketball.
As I move forward on my career path, I hope to follow in the footsteps of Chick Hearn, as I look to open doors, turn lights on, and keep the refrigerator open. I can not let the butter get hard, or let the jello jiggle, but I know that I can make it, and I too, can have a jersey with a microphone retired in my name.