Two years ago, I was preparing to graduate from Dwight Township High School — a school of 275 students roughly 75 miles south of Chicago. I had no newspaper experience because my high school didn’t have one, but I was determined to become a sports journalist one day.
Now, after finishing my sophomore year at Loyola, I’m the sports editor of The Phoenix.
These last two years have been incredible. I’ve covered two Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) men’s basketball tournaments, an MVC softball tournament and an NCAA men’s basketball tournament. I never would have imagined being on WGN, CLTV and radio stations around the state talking about Loyola men’s basketball as I was this past year.