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Skyler Grey Morton

Address1: 2 Viejo Street St. Augustine, FL 32084

Address2: 920 SW 6th Street Gainesville, FL 32601

E-mail: skymorton21@ufl.edu

Phone: (904) 315- 7395

Education:

Saint Augustine High School, St. Augustine, FL — 2008-2012

 

  • Achieved the AICE Diploma with Merit – an international diploma earned via an advanced academic curriculum and an assessment program written and administered by a department (CIE) of the University of Cambridge in England.

  • Graduated number 11 in his class and in the top 15% of all St. Johns County.

  • Graduated “cum laude” maintaining above a 4.0 GPA throughout high school

 

University of Florida, Gaineseville, FL — 2012-Present

 

  • Currently a junior at the University of Florida as a sport management and telecommunications production and minoring in business. He plans to graduate in the fall of 2016.

  • Has taken non-required courses such as: Public Speaking and International, Sustainable Development, Sports Media and Society, and Sports Reporting.

Work Experience:

WRUF - ESPN 850, Gainesville Fl — August 2014-Present; Writer & Radio updater

 

  • Gained over 100 hours of experience writing and recording live and pre-recorded sports radio updates for ESPN 850 WRUF in a timely and professional manner.

  • Created thorough factsheets that provided accurate and relevant information for ESPN 850 co-workers to reference while writing updates for the air.

  • Wrote sports previews and feature stories for the ESPN 850 website.

  • Covered live sports events, recorded and conducted interviews with athletes, and cut up recordings into sound bites for on-air updates and web stories.

  • Received experience covering NFL games from the press box and interviewing professional athletes in an NFL locker room.

 

WUFT News, Gainesville, FL – January 2014 - Present; Anchor

 

  • Developed skills writing relevent, up-to-date sports updates for WUFT News in TV broadcast format.

  • Anchored WUFT’s “Sports in 60” segment and learned to read from a teleprompter.

  • Recorded WUFT’s “Sports in 60” segment using a professional studio camera and edited them into their desired format using Adobe Premiere Pro.

 

University of Florida RecSports, Gainesville, FL – January 2014 - Present; Official & Scorekeeper

 

  • Officiated competitive intramural 4-on-4 flag football games, showing leadership while making quick decisions in times of adversity.

  • Paid particular attention to detail while keeping score for competitive intramural basketball and softball games.

  • Showed integrity to ensure fair, even games between competing teams.

 

Caps on the Water, St. Augustine, Fl — 2008-2014; Bus boy, food runner, & bar back

 

  • Prepared plates and presented food to restaurant guests, sharpening my customer service skills.

  • As a reliable employee, advanced from bus boy, to bar back, and finally to food runner within three years.

  • Cleaned and picked up after tables in a prompt and efficient manner.

  • Learned how to solve problems in stressful situations and gained communicative and social skills.

 
TGI Fridays, Key West, Fl — May 2014-August 2014; Food expo, food runner & bus boy

 

  • Organized food orders and directed them to their appropriate tables.

  • Communicated co-workers’ needs to the kitchen staff while managing my own allocated duties at the same time.

  • Maintained the overall cleanliness of the restaurant and attended to guests in the dining room.

 
Saint Augustine Ampitheatre, St. Augustine, Fl — 2012-2014; Event worker, maintenance

 

  • Provided manual labor and showed customer service skills while cleaning up after sold out shows.

2010 - present

2010 - present

  • Achieved the Certificate of Citizenship (Student of the Year) Award in 2006, 2007, and 2008, a certificate awarded to one student per grade level at the conclusion of every school year.

  • Achieved the "A" Honor Roll Certificate in 2006, 2007, and 2008, a certificate awarded to students who achieved academic excellence by maintaining straight A's all year.

  • Achieved the Pop-Warner Second Team All-American Scholar award in 2007, an award that recognizes young football players who academically ranked among top 2% of all Pop Warner participants nation wide.

  • Won 1st Place overall in the 2007 School-Wide Science Fair and advanced to the 2007 River Region East Science Fair.

  • Won the outstanding Student Award Certificate presented by the U.S. Public Health Service in the 2007 River Region East Science Fair. Also won 3rd place in the Junior Medicine & Health Sciences category and advanced to the State Science Fair.

  • Won 1st place at the High School level in the 2010 Crimestoppers Poster Contest.

  • Named co-editor of the sports section of the yearbook staff my senior year of high school.

  • Named a team captain and a senior leader of my high school football teams after playing four years of Varsity football for a team who went 39-1 in the regular season over those four years.

  • Named a senior leader at Younglife club my senior year of high school, a Christian organization for high school students who met once a week.

 

 

References:

Skills:

Honors:

Adobe CS6:
:

  • Photoshop

  • Premiere Pro

  • Illustrator

 

Microsoft Office:
 
  • Word
  • Powerpoint
  • Excel
 
Camera use:
 

  • Panasonic HDC-SD90

  • GoPro Hero 3

  • Professional HD studio cameras

Steve Russell – Radio Host at ESPN 850 WRUF; Phone: (352) 294-1505 

 

Tim Bartlett – Front of House Manager at Caps on the Water; Phone: (904) 377-6578

 

Brian Tennyson – Bar Manager at Caps on the Water; Phone: (904) 377-3381

 

Brandon Otteson – General Manager at TGI Fridays Key West; Phone: (305) 509-7895

 

Michelle Moore – Teacher at Ketterlinus Elementary School; Phone: (904) 501-3454


Richard Hardy – Owner of The Hardy Group Construction Co.; Phone: (904) 501-0200
 

Tony Cubbedge – St. Johns County Land Manager; Phone: (904) 699-3582

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