2008 Woodie Awards
Alumnus provides voice for Crusader baseball
Issue date: 2/22/06 Section: Sports
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Cody Fields
Staff Writer
WNGR aired a North Greenville baseball game for the first time on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in a home doubleheader against Mars Hill.
Jason Patterson, an NGU alumnus, called the game during the broadcast. Patterson graduated from North Greenville in 2000 with a degree in Christian studies. He was originally a mass communications major, but said he felt he was called to ministry. Patterson was the chaplain of the baseball team during the 2000 season, and was an assistant to head coach Tim Nihart in the 2001 season. After graduation, he attended Dallas Theological Seminary in Texas, and now works for Real Life Ministries in Greenville.
Dr. Linwood Hagin, chair of mass communications, said that Patterson and Nihart approached him with the proposal, and he forwarded that to WNGR station manager Carl Barnhill.
"I can't say enough good things about him. He has a great heart and he loves the game of baseball," said Nihart. Nihart also described Patterson as an evangelist who can very effectively use the platform of baseball to share the Gospel.
Nihart said that the radio coverage was "very positive for our fans," and that the families of the players, some as far away as Japan and Ecuador, can keep much better track of the team's progress throughout the season.
Seventeen games will be aired on The Vibe this season. The games were chosen to fit according to Patterson's preaching travel schedule and fans can find out which ones will be carried on ngcrusaders.com, the official NGU athletic site.
"It's really neat to be able to do this… my original plans were to actually go to USC and be a sportscaster until the Lord called me into the ministry," said Patterson.
Hagin says that the reason it took so long to carry the games was because "a lot of the games are during class times." The Vision will start televising games "once the fiber optic cabling is connected into our department area and the athletic department grants us access to the athletic facilities for live broadcasting."
Staff Writer
WNGR aired a North Greenville baseball game for the first time on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in a home doubleheader against Mars Hill.
Jason Patterson, an NGU alumnus, called the game during the broadcast. Patterson graduated from North Greenville in 2000 with a degree in Christian studies. He was originally a mass communications major, but said he felt he was called to ministry. Patterson was the chaplain of the baseball team during the 2000 season, and was an assistant to head coach Tim Nihart in the 2001 season. After graduation, he attended Dallas Theological Seminary in Texas, and now works for Real Life Ministries in Greenville.
Dr. Linwood Hagin, chair of mass communications, said that Patterson and Nihart approached him with the proposal, and he forwarded that to WNGR station manager Carl Barnhill.
"I can't say enough good things about him. He has a great heart and he loves the game of baseball," said Nihart. Nihart also described Patterson as an evangelist who can very effectively use the platform of baseball to share the Gospel.
Nihart said that the radio coverage was "very positive for our fans," and that the families of the players, some as far away as Japan and Ecuador, can keep much better track of the team's progress throughout the season.
Seventeen games will be aired on The Vibe this season. The games were chosen to fit according to Patterson's preaching travel schedule and fans can find out which ones will be carried on ngcrusaders.com, the official NGU athletic site.
"It's really neat to be able to do this… my original plans were to actually go to USC and be a sportscaster until the Lord called me into the ministry," said Patterson.
Hagin says that the reason it took so long to carry the games was because "a lot of the games are during class times." The Vision will start televising games "once the fiber optic cabling is connected into our department area and the athletic department grants us access to the athletic facilities for live broadcasting."