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Publication: Endicott Observer, , Endicott College , Beverly, MA
9/15/2023
By: Madison Schulman
Most students find the time to hit the beach during the summer, but Shaela Nally ’24 managed to stay on Cape Cod all summer long and gain real-world experience interning with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, a collegiate summer baseball team in South Yarmouth, Mass.
Working as an Intern Coordinator, the sport management major and communication minor oversaw various groups at the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, including two play-by-play broadcasters, a PA announcer, three writers, a social media team, a producer, and a photographer. To learn more about the experience, we spoke to Nally to gather her perspectives on the busy summer internship.
What were the day-to-day operations like?
Day-to-day depended on home or away games. The media team traveled to all home and away games which made the summer pretty busy. Away games were pretty light on my end. We would produce a radio broadcast on the road and one of our writers would cover the game. I talked to other media teams and made sure my team of interns was set up and ready to go for the first pitch. Home games were a little more complex. I would get to Red Wilson Field about two hours before the first pitch. I made sure the visiting team had an area set up where they could produce their radio broadcast and welcomed them to our field.
One of my...