Bill Downing
(949) 648-STAA
2. Basketball PBP 2:48
3. Basketball PBP 2:05:54
4. Basketball PBP 1:05:25
5. Baseball PBP 5:40
“In May 2018 I had the privilege to broadcast the National Christian College Athletic Association World Series with William Downing. We meshed quickly, personally and professionally which is a reflection of personality and broadcasting ability. William is a solid broadcaster, adept at announcing various sports. It is obvious that he is conscientious and gifted as a sports broadcaster. Any team or university would benefit greatly from his broadcasting skills to bring their sporting events to their audience.”
- Garry Griffith
Newberry College Men’s and Women’s Basketball and Baseball
Coastal Carolina Baseball
- Sports Broadcasting professional with 10+ years experience doing play-by-play announcing, color commentary, public address, and camera operations.
- Experience with teams such as: Ludington Orioles, UIC Flames, Windy City Bulls, Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, Windy City Thunderbolts, Chicago Bandits, Dominican University, Roosevelt University, and the Bloomington Edge.
- Educational experience includes completing an internship with WGN AM 890 working as an audio editor gathering game feeds for the Chicago Bulls/Chicago White Sox post-game radio show.
SPORTS BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE
2018 NCCAA College Baseball World Series
Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
Jan 2018-Present
OFFICIAL Play-by-play voice for Dominican University athletics (Mens & Womans Basketball, Mens Volleyball, Softball, and Baseball)
NBA, WMBA, NCAA Certified shot clock operator
11/04/2016-Present
Windy City Bulls, Roosevelt, UIC Universities
Aurora University
11/15/2017-Present
Freelance sports play-by-play broadcaster
Midway Marauders
11/2019-Present
IFA Arena football team
Grossinger Motors Arena
Bloomington, Illinois
Joliet Slammers
2/2020-Present
Director of Broadcasting
Frontier League (Independent Baseball)
Windy City Bulls
2017
NBA G-League
Fill-in Public Address Announcer
OFFICIAL Shot clock operator for NBA, NBA-G LEAGUE, WNBA, NCAA.
Windy City Thunderbolts
May 2017- 2018
Public Address Announcer for the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League at Standard Bank Stadium.
Chicago Bandits
June 2017-May 2018
I am the Television Color Commentary and Play-by-play for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fast pitch out of the Ballpark at Rosemont on NPFTV. I do color commentary 1-3 innings and 6-7 innings and I take over play-by-play 4-5 innings.
Roosevelt University
March 2018- Present
Public Address for baseball and softball
June 2012 – August 2016
- Sports director for (6) radio stations, radio play-by-play voice for the Ludington Orioles in basketball and football, called high school hockey, old time baseball and State of Michigan little league state championship games in 2014, sports radio show called County Line Sports that aired on News 98 WLDN out of Ludington Michigan.
June 2016- June 2016
- Play-by-play broadcaster for the Ironmen arena football team, broadcasted several playoff games including the AIFL Championship game in Columbus Georgia.
September 2014- April 2016
- Responsible for live camera for all home games for the Lumberjacks; my camera work is put up on the scoreboard and on fasthockey.com, camera operator for the Berlin Speedway in Marne Michigan, responsible for all front stretch racing action via my camera.
EDUCATION
Illinois Media School- Sports Emphasis (TV &b Radio Broadcasting), Lombard, Illinois (05/2017)
REFERENCES
Joe DiGiacomo, Producer / Production Manager, Camera Operator / EEIC
Dave Zaslowsky, Executive Sports Producer, WLS AM 890, Chicago Bulls & Chicago White Sox
Sam Panayotovich, Sports reporter, anchor, WGN sports radio host, WGN AM 720
Nick Mitrovich, Fox television show producer, Windy City Bulls public address announcer
Michael Knezevich, Regional Radio sports, Voice of the Chicago Bandits
Garry Griffiths, Newberry College Men’s and Women’s Basketball and Baseball Coastal Carolina Baseball
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Michigan Department of CorrectionsJuly 1996 - August of 2010
- Corrections officer through the MDOC correctional academy. I spent 12 years on the State of Michigan Emergency Response Team as a team leader and Sergeant. I was a certified trainer in some Emergency Response Team responsibilities.
July of 1991 - June of 1996
- Road patrol officer, and on the tactical team. I did undercover operations while on the tactical team for the Great Lakes Police Department under the supervision of the Department of Defense law enforcement division.
United States Navy
June 1987 - May 1991 Honorable Discharge May of 1991
Served on board the U.S.S. Deyo (DD-989) Charleston, South Carolina. I was in charge of communications; my rate was radioman petty officer third class.