Outstanding Social Media Video - Finalist
Sports Video Group College Media Awards (SVGs)
This project was the official 2025 season trailer for South Carolina Football following a 9–4 season and a program wide mindset centered around going “farther.” Inspired by the intensity and momentum of Formula 1, the piece used “Lose My Mind” from the F1 movie soundtrack to mirror the feeling of racing toward the College Football Playoff and chasing something bigger. Built in just 10 days, the trailer blended emotion, speed, and anticipation to capture the energy surrounding the program entering the season. As someone who had always dreamed of creating a football season trailer, this project became both a personal milestone and an opportunity to create something that felt cinematic, urgent, and alive.
Created during the SEC Men’s Basketball Championship, this recap centered around a surprise matchup between Vanderbilt and Arkansas, featuring SEC Player of the Year Darius Acuff against Vanderbilt’s experienced and steady backcourt. Built on a 24 hour turnaround, the goal was to capture the intensity, unpredictability, and high-stakes atmosphere surrounding the championship stage. Through fast pacing, emotional moments, and energetic game coverage, the piece was designed to make viewers feel the pressure and excitement that defined the night in Nashville.
Created around Tonka Hemingway’s NFL Draft journey, this piece told the story of a player whose career was defined by loyalty, perseverance, and selflessness. Over five years at South Carolina, Tonka stayed through a coaching change, worked his way up the depth chart, and became one of the emotional leaders of the program through his toughness, versatility, and willingness to do whatever the team needed.
Built primarily through archival storytelling, the process became especially meaningful because Tonka was directly involved in helping shape how his story would be told. The emotional centerpiece of the video came at the end, when his parents were brought in for a surprise interview wishing their son well as he chased his lifelong dream of reaching the NFL. Tonka had no idea the interview existed until after he was drafted and the piece was released, making the final moment feel genuine, emotional, and deeply personal for everyone involved.
Outstanding Social Media Video - Finalist
Sports Video Group College Media Awards (SVGs)
This recap covered the 2025 SEC Football Championship between Georgia and Alabama, a heavyweight matchup built around two of college football’s biggest powers. The story centered on whether Georgia could finally win the big one, shake off the past, and get over the hump on the conference’s biggest stage. Created on a 24 hour turnaround, the piece captured the weight of the moment, the emotion of a breakthrough, and the feeling of a program getting the skeletons out of the closet when it mattered most.
Created for the Capital One Orange Bowl and the College Football Playoff, this trailer centered around a heavyweight matchup between Oregon and Texas Tech, with the major storyline asking whether Texas Tech was truly ready for the sport’s biggest stage. The piece focused on showcasing the identity and toughness of both programs while building the feeling that this was going to be a collision between two powerhouse teams.
Built in under 24 hours, the project came with the unique challenge of working entirely from requested footage rather than being directly involved in shooting the game environment firsthand. Despite the fast turnaround and limitations, the opportunity to create a trailer for a College Football Playoff game marked a major milestone in my career and represented a moment where the scale of the projects I was working on truly began to grow.