Kyle West

• 2017 Carolina League Broadcaster of the Year for radio play-by-play of the Cleveland Indians’ Advanced-A affiliate
• TV play-by-play for 16 different college sports, including football, men’s basketball, hockey and baseball
• TV play-by-play for NCAA Tournament teams in women’s basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, soccer, and wrestling
• NCAA Division I Tournament play-by-play in volleyball and women’s soccer on NCAA.com
• Radio play-by-play for the 2014 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship
• Worked directly with two NCAA Champion men’s basketball coaches in Bill Self and Tubby Smith

• TV play-by-play on ESPN+ for home games

• TV play-by-play on ESPN+ for home games

• Play-by-play for Big South and CAA Conference Championships in volleyball, baseball, softball, and swimming and diving

• TV play-by-play for baseball, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, ice hockey, men's lacrosse and field hockey

• TV play-by-play on ESPN+ for all home games; traveled with team and provided radio play-by-play for all away games
• Hosted coach’s show with three-time National Coach of the Year and 1998 NCAA Champion Tubby Smith

• Radio play-by-play for more than 500 Hillcats games with the majority being solo broadcasts
• Coordinated the efforts of three full-time staff and five interns to ensure consistent messaging across all platforms, including social media (#TraditionRoarsOn campaign), website, radio broadcasts and in-stadium video features
• Served as host for special functions, including the unveiling of the team’s new colors and logos in 2016
• Served as a local and national liaison for media requests for players, coaches and front office members, including national coverage of future Major Leaguer Francisco Mejia’s controversial 50-game hitting streak
• Served as an additional touch point/relationship builder and had a 100% renewal rate with all clients I worked with
• Managed radio log and commercial inventory as well as created in-house produced commercials for sponsors

• TV play-by-play for all home games; traveled and provided radio play-by-play for all away games

• TV play-by-play for all 11 West Liberty football games in addition to 25 men’s and women’s basketball games each year
• TV studio host and executive producer for weekly football and basketball coach’s shows, which included creating the rundown, determining the talking points, making graphics and editing video to generate all necessary content each week
• Worked with WLU administration to create a comprehensive broadcast strategy that met the university’s budget and personnel needs as well as identified and created new content sources for revenue generation
• Radio play-by-play for 100+ basketball games, including 2014 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship
• Developed curriculum for a new sports broadcasting class within the School of Communication
• Negotiated a full-season rights contract with ESPN3, the first of its kind for any Division II school in the nation

• Play-by-play for video streams of home games for women’s basketball, soccer, volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics
• Women’s basketball, women’s soccer, wrestling and gymnastics were all nationally ranked for parts of those years
• Play-by-play for 2013 NCAA Tournament in women’s soccer on NCAA.com

• Play-by-play for 2012 NCAA Volleyball Tournament and 2011 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament on NCAA.com
• Lead broadcaster for the first digital stream of a KU indoor track and field meet as well as two full seasons of KU baseball
• Assisted communications department for nationally-ranked men’s basketball team and other varsity sports
• November 2011 Part-time Employee of the Month for Kansas Athletics

• Interviewed opposing NFL players after each home game to obtain quotes for KCChiefs.com
• Assisted with fulfilling media requests and distributing notes and statistics to the press box and broadcast booths
• Official statistician for select broadcasts on the Chiefs Football Radio Network

M.A. ED., SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND COACHING (4.0 GPA) | WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY | 2016

B.S., BUSINESS MARKETING | UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS | 2012

• 2017 Carolina League Broadcaster of the Year
• Eagle Scout
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, including video and audio editing with Adobe Premiere and Adobe Audition
• Proficient in graphic and layout design in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign