I was born in Richardson, Texas, in 1998. Growing up in the Lone Star state, I quickly formed a love for sports that would go on to serve as a foundation for much of what my later life would be about.

My earliest sports memories were at The Ballpark in Arlington, where I fell in love with the game of baseball.

At 13, I discovered hockey, and it was love at first sight. I spent many a night in high school at the American Airlines Center.

At Richardson High School, due to my mediocre athletic abilities, I was the team manager for Richardson Baseball. During my time there, I formed lifelong bonds, learned many lessons about the business of sports, and got the idea I could build a career off the field.

At the age of 17, I started umpiring youth baseball, first as a summer job, then as a full time spring, summer, and fall job doing Texas High School baseball. I learned hard lessons about conflict resolution, how to keep your cool under stress, and how to communicate in difficult situations.

At 19, I started working as an off-ice official for the Lone Star Brahmas of the North American Hockey League and the Texas Brahmas of the North American 3 Hockey League. My efforts at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas, earned me a foot in the door in the world of hockey.

At 21, I was very fortunate to work for a championship team. The Texas Brahmas of the NA3HL dominated the South Division in the 2018-19 season, winning the NA3HL's league championship, the Fraser Cup, in Chicago. I saw firsthand what it took to build a winning culture, and how far you can go when you stay hungry, work together, and find solutions, not problems.

In October, 2019, I started working for my childhood team, the Dallas Stars. I was a scorekeeper at numerous rinks they owned and operated in the DFW area. I operated the scoreboard, played music, and PA announced high school, travel, and youth games. From 2019 to 2023, I worked over 3,000 games at Richardson, Plano, Frisco, Euless, Farmers Branch, and Valley Ranch.

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In 2021, the COVID-19 Pandemic led to USA Hockey and the International Ice Hockey Federation moving the 2021 IIHF U-18 Men's World Championship tournament from Plymouth, Michigan, to Plano and Frisco, Texas. Because of my continued work, and through the recommendation of my supervisor and mentor, Matt Howell, I was selected by the Dallas Stars and USA Hockey to be a timekeeper for the 2021 IIHF U18 Men's World Championship.

Although I had scorekept high-level games before, this was an unprecedented event for me. The size, scope, and magnitude of this event was unlike anything I had ever been involved in. Daily meetings, pregame calls, credentialing, so much went in to making this event happen. Through the combined efforts of the IIHF, USA Hockey, the Dallas Stars, and the DFW Hockey Community, we managed to successfully conduct a full international hockey tournament on short notice. It was all hands on deck, and many people worked very hard to make it possible. My takeaway from this is simple- anything worth doing is worth doing right, and anything done right, no matter what it takes.

In 2022, I was offered the Director of Off-Ice Officials role with the Mid-Cities Junior Stars of the NA3HL. I worked closely with Hockey Operations to ensure the accuracy of our statistics, data, and analytics, and I built valuable relationships with coaches and players alike. Despite it being a very challenging season, my work in Euless directly led to the successes that would come later.

In 2023, after spending the first 25 years of my life in Texas, I moved to New Hampshire to work for the New Hampshire Mountain Kings of the NAHL and NA3HL. An expansion team, the Mountain Kings offered me a great opportunity to be their PA announcer and DJ.

With the Mountain Kings, I've hosted their radio show, written articles for the team website, hauled equipment all the way from New Hampshire to Minnesota, and helped build a stellar program in Hooksett.

In 2024, I was hired by the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to be their PA Announcer. Working in Manchester, I was living my dream of being involved in professional baseball. Later, I would join Dartmouth College as their baseball PA announcer, and the Nashua Silver Knights.

In 2026, the NAHL asked me to go to Plymouth, Michigan, to be the PA Announcer for the 2026 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament. Over the course of three days, I worked games involving the best of the NAHL and USA Hockey, including the National Team Development Program.

In 2024, I started hosting shows on WKXL in Concord, New Hampshire. Going from the press box to the radio studio was a change, one I had always wanted. In 2026, I became one of the youngest afternoon drive hosts in a top-ten market.