In The Game - Episode 403
This episode from the award winning Penn State College of Communications student-produced sports magazine series tells the story of the newest lacrosse team in the Bronx, a decorated Special Olympian, a coach/educator’s plans for retirement, and much more.
About the Contributors

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.

Joseph Garofalo
Senior / Broadcast Journalism
I am a Sports Director at ComRadio. During my time at ComRadio I have done numerous play-by-plays, interviews and talk shows. I host my own talk show Tuesday’s and Thursday’s from 1 to 2 pm. I also have served as both an executive producer and producer for the station, in addition to writing numerous articles for the website.
Aside from being a member of ComRadio, I am also a member of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism here at Penn State and a broadcaster for Big Ten Network Student U.
My goal is to become a sports talk show radio host in New York City in addition to pursuing other opportunities.
You can contact me by emailing me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Anthony Lestochi
Senior / Telecommunications
Anthony Lestochi is a senior at The Pennsylvania State University majoring in telecommunications. Anthony aspires to be apart of the creative process in the audio production/engineering field. Working with musicians by helping bridge the gap between art, and the science of recording music has always been one of his passions. However, Anthony does not want to limit himself to just one field and would like to be apart of any creative process in any electronic medium.

Kevin Alonzo
Junior / Broadcast Journalism
Kevin Alonzo is a junior majoring in broadcast journalism with a minor in spanish. Alonzo is pursuing a career in the sports industry as an NFL or MLB analyst, beat writer or radio personality. He is a contributor and talk show personality for ComRadio, as well as a sports reporter for The Daily Collegian.

Alanna Haefner
Senior / Broadcast Journalism & Political Science