It’s really interesting to me to see how athletes can transcend sports, and go outside of being just student athletes to help a greater cause. The Ball State Men’s volleyball team is one of the many BSU sports that makes public appearances and tries to become an active member in the community. On Thursday the team traveled all the way to Delta Middle school to play in front of a loud crowd of students. The community outreach allows the kids to learn about volleyball and to learn about men playing volleyball. In fact the success of the cardinals has helped push youth programs in Muncie.
Talking with Volleyball Head Coach Joel Walton he says that his favorite part of the convocation is the question and answer period. “You never know what question is going to come next; it really gives the kids a chance to learn about the sport and our team”. It was really cool to see how excited the kids got when the team was there and how many came up asking for autographs and simply to talk with the players. Hopefully outreach programs like the one at Delta can boost attendance for the BSU men’s Volleyball team this upcoming season.
This week has been another busy week after finishing two remotes last week, we are preparing for two days of swimming and diving which start tonight. Last weekend the Basketball game was by far our best broadcast of the year. I hope that will transition to tonight and we keep improving with the last shows that we have this season.
It has been a really exciting year so far and as a group we have come a along way.
This week we had to finish a story on swimming about a tri-athlete which we shot on Tuesday and it was due by Wednesday. The story turned out pretty well and Sarah Kehe is an amazing person and athlete. One Wednesday me and half of sportslink traveled to Central Michigan to watch the Football team continue their quest for the perfect season. Than when we returned yesterday we began final prep work for our TV show Sports Link which airs on WIPB, and will air during our swimming and diving broadcast this evening.
Speaking of swimming and diving we are broadcasting the fifth annual Doug Coers invitational tonight and tomorrow, both day I am a part of the broadcast team and I am really looking forward to the opportunity to try play-by-play. This past week I have spent time researching swimming and diving trying to learn as much as possible in order to announce. I feel pretty confident in the way in which I will announce tonight. Not only do we have two remotes this weekend but also we have a remote pre-game show on Tuesday night before the Football game. It will air live on WIPB, as well as online it will be exciting to see all of our football packages and interviews come together before the biggest football game of the regular season. Then after the game I will head home for thanksgiving to see my family. I am really looking forward to seeing everyone that I love so much. Then we have two studio shows left and one remote and the semester has come to an end for Ball State Sports Link.
