Kyle West

EDUCATION
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS May 2011
Business Management, B.S.

• No. 2 play-by-play broadcaster for Kansas baseball home games and select road games

• Play-by-play broadcaster for all 2010-11 Tonganoxie High School football and basketball games
• Sold sponsorships to local businesses to cover expenses of hosting podcasts on iTunes

• Play-by-play broadcaster for KU baseball, football and men's and women's basketball, including the first ever NCAA Tournament men's basketball game broadcast on the station

• Anchored and designed graphics for more than 50 episodes of a weekly 30-minute sports talk show
• Anchored and edited video for the sportscast for the news one night each week for two semesters
• Recorded more than 20 one-man-band stand-up reports for away basketball and football games
• Coordinated coverage of all KU sporting events and coaches' news conferences on campus
• Arranged all travel accommodations and managed budget for coverage of KU postseason games, including 2009 and 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournaments and 2008 Insight Bowl
• Posted sports talk shows and newscasts online each night using basic HTML code

• Edited video, wrote scripts and created graphics for the nightly sportscast
• Independently covered local baseball games and community events, including videotaping the event and interviewing athletes and fans in attendance

• Anchored a segment for FSN's 2008-09 season preview show for Kansas men's basketball

• Hosted a weekly one-hour sports talk show for four semesters
• Served as on-site correspondent for sports talk shows during 2009 NCAA basketball tournament

• Created the first ever color KU rowing media guide (64 pages) from scratch using Adobe InDesign
• Write feature stories on current KU players for the football and basketball game day programs
• Write recap stories for all home women's basketball games and rowing events

• Renovated the City of Ellsworth community recreation building for Eagle Scout project
• Assisted with other Eagle Scout projects, including restoring Fort Harker and re-painting fire hydrants

• Umpired the 12-and-under USSSA AA Baseball World Series three consecutive years
• Umpired league and tournament baseball and softball games for ages 18-and-under for nine years
• Intramural official for basketball, floor hockey and softball for two years at University of Kansas

• Video editing in Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and Apple Motion
• Audio editing in Adobe Audition and Audacity
• Graphic and layout design in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign
• MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Access; Proficient in both Mac and PC format
• Web editing in Netitor and Django
• Shooting video of live sporting events for baseball, basketball, football and volleyball games
• Independently reporting live television stand-ups, including setting up camera and equipment

• 1st Place - Complete Sports Feature

• 1st Place - Entertainment Program
• 2nd Place - Sportscast