Surprise opportunity lands Aaron Cox with Chillicothe Mudcats

May 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Aaron Cox has achieved his goal to be broadcasting baseball this summer. An STAA client, Cox is the new play-by-play broadcaster for the Chillicothe (MO) Mudcats of the MINK League, a summer collegiate league in the Midwest.

“They take it real serious up there [in Chillicothe],” Cox says. “They do all the games, home and road. It will be nice to travel with the team and kind of be really embedded with the team and getting to learn that aspect of how this is all done.”

Cox was starting to resign himself to fact that he wouldn’t be broadcasting baseball this summer when the Mudcats opportunity arose following a call to STAA.

“STAA tipped me off to it. It was a job that wasn’t posted.”

Cox called Dan Leatherman, General Manager at the radio home of the Mudcats, KCHI-AM. The initial phone call turned into an informal interview. Leatherman then reviewed Cox’s demo and resume, called Cox’s references and offered him the job.

Cox says the process moved quickly. “When [Leatherman] called me back he said “do you want to come to town?’ I said, “for an interview?’ He said, ‘No, for the job.’” Cox admits the offer took him by surprise. “When you’ve been rejected a few times [in the job market] its kind of nice to hear that you got the job.”

This is the third consecutive year that STAA has helped the Mudcats fill their position. Cox follows fellow STAA client Blake Cripps (2008) and Jordan Carruth (2009), a former student in the sports broadcasting class taught by STAA CEO Jon Chelesnik in San Diego. Both of Cox’s immediate predecessors have excelled following their experience in Chillicothe. Cripps is a sportscaster at KUTT in Fairbury, NE. Carruth is the sports update anchor on the San Diego Padres post-game show, a producer and talk show host at XX Sports Radio in San Diego. Cox plans on maximizing the Chillicothe opportunity the same was as his predecessors.

“It will be a good opportunity for me to hone my skills and add some more clips to my resume,” Cox says. “There are 40 games, pre and post game shows, a weekly coaches show, and an audio recap that airs on the station and the station’s website the next day.

“STAA has been a huge help as far as not feeling I’m in the market place alone. I went to a prestigious journalism school at the University of Missouri, but there isn’t a lot of guidance for how to go about pursuing a career. I was out in the market by myself for a year or so. Running into STAA finally gave me some guidance. You see all the jobs that are out there and how to present your demo and resume. I must say when I present my Talent Page to employers, they have told me it is impressive. Sometimes, like for this job, you find out about things that aren’t even listed on the STAA job board.”

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