Matt Menzl

STAA Member
Location: Milwaukee, WI
To reach client call STAA:
(949) 648-STAA
Radio Demo
1. Basketball PBP 6:06
TV Demo
1. Indoor Football Highlights 1:23
2. Basketball PBP 6:23
3. Soccer Highlights 10:29
4. Soccer PBP 13:00
5. Volleyball PBP 8:57
6. Lacrosse PBP 11:56
7. Game Recap 2:46
8. Interview 16:11

OBJECTIVE:

-To become the “Voice” of a professional sports franchise-

EXPERIENCE:

PLAY-BY-PLAY – FOX SPORTS WISCONSIN/NORTH (PlayOn Sports (formally When We Were Young Productions)) – {2005-current}
  • Play-by-play for college football, basketball, and Olympic sports (for the WIAC Conference – NCAA D3)
  • Play-by-play for variety of high school sports “Game of the Week” telecasts & WIAA State Tournaments, including soccer, volleyball, hockey, baseball and softball state tourneys.
  • Play-by-play for a number of other semi-pro and amateur events in Wisconsin and Illinois
PLAY-BY-PLAY – TIME WARNER CABLE SPORTSCHANNEL MILWAUKEE/GREEN BAY – {2007-current}
  • Play-by-play for Marquette, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee soccer, volleyball and baseball telecasts
  • Play-by-play for variety of college/high school sports “Game of the Week” telecasts, including football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, softball and baseball
  • Anchored a couple of local sports programs featuring PBA Bowling and Marquette Women’s Soccer
  • Contributed video features for Sports 32 Weekly, including features on local sports teams
  • Guest panel member for the TWC Sports 32 Roundtable hosted by Dennis Krause
PLAY-BY-PLAY – UW-GREEN BAY MEN’S BASKETBALL – NCAA D1 HORIZON LEAGUE – {2009-current}
  • Radio play-by-play announcer for all UW-Green Bay Men’s Basketball games and select UW-Green Bay Women’s Basketball games (after being utilized as a fill-in broadcaster for two seasons)
  • Since 2010, host of the UW-Green Bay Men’s and Women’s Basketball Coaches Show: Inside Phoenix Basketball, filmed weekly before a live audience at Hagemeister Park (restaurant) in Green Bay, WI
PLAY-BY-PLAY – LAKESHORE CHINOOKS NORTHWOODS LEAGUE BASEBALL – {Summer of 2012-current}
  • Webcast play-by-play announcer of all 72 games in 76 days of the Lakeshore Chinooks baseball team in the Northwoods League (considered one of the top collegiate wood bat leagues in the nation)
  • Partially owned by both Robin Yount and Bob Uecker, I’m also semi responsible for media relations (writing press releases and overseeing a number of media requests involving player interviews)
PLAY-BY-PLAY/ASSISTANT SID – CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IN MEQUON, WISCONSIN – {2003-2014}
  • Served as the Director of Broadcasting at Concordia, after co-creating the Concordia Sports Network – webcasting each and every Concordia sporting event (home and away)
  • Hosted a weekly TV coaches show called: Coaches Corner, filmed on location, and hosted a weekly podcast called: Falcon’ Athletics Weekly
  • Also served as the Assistant Sports Information Director from 2009-2011, writing press releases, maintaining and managing the athletic webpage, keeping official statistics at most home events, & writing/editing team media guides
PLAY-BY-PLAY – MILWAUKEE IRON/MUSTANGS – ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE – {2010-2011}
  • Radio play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Iron AFL team on Sportsradio 1250 WSSP in 2010. Also hosted the team’s weekly one hour radio program: Iron AFL Weekly, a show that recapped the past week for the team from various locations
  • Radio play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Mustangs AFL team on 540 ESPN Radio in 2011
PLAY-BY-PLAY – GREEN BAY BULLFROGS NORTHWOODS LEAGUE BASEBALL – {2007-2008}
  • Called all 71 webcasts of the 2007 inaugural Green Bay Bullfrogs season of the Northwoods League. The Bullfrogs became the first expansion franchise in the league’s first 15 seasons to qualify for the playoffs
  • Called all 68 Green Bay Bullfrogs games in 2008 on 1440 WNFL Radio

ADDITIONAL PLAY-BY-PLAY EXPERIENCE

  • Have called a number of NCAA Tournament events for WebStream Productions/Turner Sports, including:
    • The 2009 NCAA D3 Women’s Volleyball National Tournament
    • The 2012 NCAA D2 Indoor Track and Field Championships
    • The 2012 NCAA Women’s Hockey Frozen Four
    • The 2013 NCAA D3 Women’s Hockey Championship
    • The 2013 NCAA D3 Softball Championship
    • The 2013 NCAA D3 Track and Field Championships
    • The 2014 NCAA D3 Indoor Track and Field Championships
    • The 2014 NCAA D2 Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Have also called play-by-play for: The Horizon League Network, MSOE, been used as a roving PA announcer for the Milwaukee Wave and UW-Milwaukee Soccer, Chicago Storm Indoor Soccer, Rock River Raptors Indoor Football, Rockford Thunder Professional Softball & Green Bay Blizzard Indoor Football (the past five seasons for Time Warner Cable SportsChannel)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Gopher for Select Green Bay Packers Football Games airing on CBS/Westwood One Radio
  • Intern in the Summer of 2005 for AM620 WTMJ, covering Milwaukee Brewers Baseball and Milwaukee Bucks Draft Workouts
  • Correspondent for the Ozaukee County News Graphic, covering local sports

EDUCATION:

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IN MEQUON, WISCONSIN – {2004-2008}
  • BA in Communications
  • Minor in Marketing

AWARDS:

  • 2nd Place Finish for Sports Writing at Statewide NEWSPA Conference in 2004
  • 3rd Place Finish for Sports Writing at Statewide NEWSPA Conference in 2003
  • Inducted as the only non-Athlete into the Cedarburg High School Athletic Hall-of-Fame for Broadcasting in 2004

REFERENCES:

  • Dennis Krause (Time Warner Cable SportsChannel anchor/Milwaukee Bucks Radio)
  • Andrew Gavin (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Sports Information Director)
  • Jim Paschke (Milwaukee Bucks TV Play-by-Play Announcer)
  • Dave Sims (Seattle Mariners TV Play-by-Play Announcer/Westwood One Radio)