Mike Esse

Senior / Broadcast Journalism

Mike Esse is a senior from Grosse Pointe, Mich., majoring in broadcast journalism with a minor in business. He is a reporter for the Centre County report with a primary focus in sports. Additionally, he serves as the Student General Manager for ComRadio as well as being a producer, talk show personality and play-by-play voice.

Mike also is a staff writer for gopsusports.com where he covers Penn State women’s basketball and baseball and works for Penn State Athletics in video production. He has completed internships with MLB Advanced Media in Summer 2014 and Westwood One Sports in summer 2013.

Mike is interested in pursuing a career as a TV executive, producer, talk-show host or a play-by-play announcer. You can reach him via email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and follow him on twitter @MikeEsse22.

Matthew Stainthorpe

Senior / Broadcast Journalism

Matthew is a knowledgeable, comical and charismatic personality who has a love for sports, and experience doing play-by -plays, talk shows, color commentary, board ops, highlight edits, being a host for different shows and reporting stories. His goal is to become the
play-by-play announcer for the Villanova Wildcats basketball team.