OWEN SIMPSON

512-590-9927
oxs17b@acu.edu Professional Summary
An undergraduate student attending Abilene Christian University expected to
408 San Marino Trail graduate in the spring 2021 with the intent of pursuing a sports broadcasting career.
Georgetown, Texas
78633
Skills
• Social media proficiency
• AP style proficiency
• Video editing
• On-camera skills
• Teleprompter use
• Copy Editing
• Appropriate verbal transitions
• Sporting event commentary
• Writing and editing

Work History
ESPN Analyst - ESPN
Abilene, Texas
September 2019-Present
• Contributed to over 18 hours of on-air coverage with college football and men and
women’s college basketball.
• Games were announced on ESPN+ or ESPN3.

Sports play-by-play - ACUSPORTS

Abilene, Texas
January 2019-May 2019
• Contributed to over 80 hours of radio/broadband coverage of ACU basketball,
baseball and softball
• Games were announced on ACU's broadband webcasts or 98.1 FM KTLT.

Announcer & Reporter - KACU 89.5 FM (NPR)

Abilene, Texas
October 2018-May 2019
• Announced news stories and events happening around Abilene and Texas.
• Conducted interviews for news segments on KACU.
• Delivered newsworthy stories on air using perfect pronunciation and inflection.
• Read commercials and announcements into microphone following prewritten
scripts.
• Reviewed news stories and edited down to fit into specific time slots.

ACU-TV Coaches Shows - ACUTV

Abilene, Texas
November 2018-Present
• Conducted interviews with the Abilene Christian athletes and head coaches
regarding upcoming games which air on KTXS.
• Provided Scripts for the show and other anchors.
• Partnered with media executives to produce compelling stories.

Sports Director and Writer - The Optimist

Abilene, Texas
November 2018-Present
• Covered the ACU men’s basketball team for the NCAA Tournament in
Jacksonville against Kentucky and the women’s basketball team in Waco against
Baylor.
• Collaborated and created written material for column articles.
• Gave assignments to the sports writers along with what material to put in print for
the newspaper.
• Covered Abilene Christian games for organization and kept play-by-play notes for
print, radio, TV and social media platforms.
• Reported on games, events, players, teams and other information pertaining to The
Optimist's sports department.
• Evaluated and followed up on news leads and news tips to develop story ideas.

Education
Abilene Christian University — Class of 2021
• Bachelor of Science Convergence Journalism
• Minor of Communication
• GPA: 3.9
• Received Presidential Scholarship
• Dean's List Fall semester 2018- Spring semester 2019