Wade Hilligoss

Journalistic goals and morals: My hope is to become a sports journalist who has the ability to do many things because the industry is changing both technologically and in terms of size and availability. I enjoy performing a wide variety of tasks but overall, I simply love all avenues of mass media and I have a passion for sports and broadcasting. When all is said and done with my career, I hope to have been able to work in a great number of ways with a great number of people in a great number of places. I am willing to put my work ethic and moral character up against anyone is the industry, as I know these would be valuable assets to any workplace. It is important to me to be surrounded by good people who are dedicated to their work. I like to do things right and get them done the first time.

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

• Television Play-By-Play University of Sioux Falls August 2011-Present
  -Performed play-by-play duties for the Sioux Falls (SD) Cougars Division II football team.
   
  
• Show Host and Producer 93.7 The Ticket FM August 2011-Present
  -Produced two shows daily and co-hosted a daily afternoon sports talk show in Lincoln, NE.
   
  
• Field Reporter/Broadcast Assistant Round Rock Express May 2011-August 2011
  -Conducted pregame and postgame player, coach and person-of-interest interviews for air. Also assisted in the in-game execution of each broadcast for air on ESPN Radio affiliate in Austin, TX for the AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers, including performing play-by-play and color commentary as needed.
   
  
• Columnist/Talk Radio Personality HollyTurf.com August 2010-May 2011
  -Hosted an online weekly radio podcast and served as a columnist for Holyturf.com covering SEC and Big 12 football.
   
  
• Personality/Reporter/Producer DoubleTakeSports.com June 2010-Janruary 2011
  -Co-produced all content for a new-media sports website. Content was distributed to dozens of other websites and was featured on SI.com.
   
  
• Reporter ABC News April 2010-August 2010
  -Served as a reporter stationed in Lincoln, NE for multiple national ABC News platforms. Wrote articles, produced and edited videos, and produced and edited radio pieces and covered Nebraska's move to the Big Ten and the 2010 Special Olympics for ABCNews.com, World News with Diane Sawyer and Good Morning America.
   
  
• Play-by-play LincolnPrepSports.com and Channel 21 TV August 2008-Present
  - Play-by-play and color commentary of almost 100 football, basketball and baseball games on an internet radio platform. Other responsibilities include interviews with coaches/players and writing sports articles for publication on site.
   
  
• On-air Sports and Radio Personality 90.3 FM, KRNU January 2010-September 2011
  -Utility staff member at 90.3 KRNU, University of Nebraska-Lincoln's student-run station. Wrote and produced PSA's and various show and sports elements, engineered news and sports events, trained students for on-air shifts and handled play-by-play duties for Nebraska Cornhusker football, baseball, softball, and basketball, volleyball and soccer games.
   
  
• Production Intern 1480 AM, ESPN Radio September 2009-December 2009
  -Recorded audio clips and prepared content for "The Spread", a local sports radio show on the Lincoln, NE ESPN radio affiliate.
   
  
• Afternoon Sports/Evening News Anchor 1240 AM, KFOR October 2008-August 2009
  -Edited and produced in-show sports updates on the highest rated drive-time show in Lincoln, NE. Also wrote, produced, and recorded evening news updates.
   
  

EDUCATION

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Bachelor's in Broadcast Journalism, December 2011 with a 3.95 GPA
  Took the core of the Film Studies major with minors in English and History.
  

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

• Audio, video, and text editing, both large and small scale on a variety of different programs
• Proficient and knowledgeable using a variety of social media: Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, etc.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• Dean's List 2008-2011
• University Honors: 2008-2011
• Kappa Tau Alpha member: 2011-present
   
  
• 2011 Jim Nantz Collegiate Sportscaster of the Year Watch List
• Won first place in the 2011 Hearst Corporation National Radio Features Competition
• Won third place in the 2011 Roper Family Sports Writing Competition
• Won third place in 2011 Hearst Corporation's Radio Spot News contest
• Won first place for the 2011 Hearst Corporation's "Best Use of Radio"
• 2011 Kinman Oldfield Scholarship (UNL)
• 2010 Nebraska Broadcasters Association Scholarship
• Awarded 2010 Robert and Todd Storz Memorial Scholarship
• Awarded the 2010 Nancy Foreman Memorial Scholarship (UNL)
• Awarded 2009 Kinman Oldfield Scholarship
• Awarded 2009 Cecil and Jan Walker Scholarship for Broadcasting
• Awarded 2009 Canfield Scholarship
• Awarded 2008 Kinman Oldfield Scholarship (UNL)
• Awarded the 2008 Lincoln Independent Business Association Scholarship

REFERENCES:

• Mike Capps
  Director of Broadcasting
  Round Rock Express
   
  
• Kevin Hesser
  University of Sioux Falls
  Assistant Athletic Director
   
  
• Christina Caron
  ABC News on Campus
  Managing Editor
   
  
• Mark Taylor
  Three Eagles Communications
  Operations manager and KFOR Program Director
   
  
• Jake Bogus
  Program Director
  93.7 The Ticket
   
  
• Jeff Motz
  Owner and CEO
  LincolnPrepSports.com