Toby Hyde

• - Radio play-by-play for the South Atlantic League affiliate of the New York Mets
• - In 2011, sold over $51,000 in advertising, season seats and group tickets; sold over $20,000 in 2010
• - Media relations duties include writing game notes, press releases, content for publications and coordinating interviews
  • Used social media to create promotion with CNBC.com where fans voted for the "Best New Ballpark Food," which was served during the 2011 season at Historic Grayson Stadium.
  • Created media campaign around first-ever fire-run stunt that was featured on national sports and news outlets including ESPN, CNN Headline News and Fox News.

• - Play-by-play for FCS Football, Men's and Women's DI Basketball teams.
• - Host pre-game, post-game and halftime shows, and weekly TV coaches' show.

• - Write daily updates on the Mets minor league system and prospects at www.metsminorleagueblog.com
• - Contribute minor league reports to SNY, the TV home of the New York Mets, and SNY.tv
• - Ranked as the #3 Pro Blog in page views on the MLB.com network in September, 2010

• - Contributed chapters to the '09, '10 and '11 editions on the Mets Top Prospects; commissioned to write for '12 edition
• - Added design and layout expertise for the '10 & '11 books

• - Play-by-play voice and media contact for the California League affiliate of the Boston Red Sox

• - Assisted in multiple areas including tickets, merchandise and promotions for startup baseball league.

• - Radio play-by-play for the triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs; hosted studio postgame show for road games
• - Media relations duties included: writing daily game notes, releases and coordinating interviews
• - Added extensive video and audio content to www.iowacubs: traffic to site increased over 30% over previous year
• - Sold over $17,000 in season and group tickets for 2007 season beginning February 1, 2007

• - Radio play-by-play for the California League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• - Media relations du0ties included: writing press releases, game notes & maintaining website at www.oaksbaseball.com
• - Sold over $17,000 in group tickets for 2006 season beginning March 1, 2006 and over $35,000 in 2007 tickets and corporate packages by January 15, 2007

• - Wrote and produced segments for the Oakland Raiders' Emmy-nominated TV shows: Behind the Shield, Silver and Black and Raiders Report

• - Play-by-play for all 140 games on the radio for the Advanced-A Affiliate of the Oakland A's.
• - Sold over $47,000 in advertising, season seats and group packages beginning February 1, 2005.

• - Play-by-play for Stanford University Women's Basketball team and contributor to Stanford Farm Report
• - Sold over $20,000 of advertising and tickets beginning October 8, 2004

ACTIVITIES and SKILLS:
Software skills include: proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Audition and Photoshop, expertise working with MLBAM network websites - including basic HTML editing - and basic video editing and production
PSIA Level II certified Ski Instructor, AASI Certified Snowboard Instructor, PADI certified Dive Master

EDUCATION
Stanford University B.A. June 2003 in Economics with Honors

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