香蕉视频 student Samantha Burke is spending her summer watching a lot of basketball. The sophomore from Denver, Colorado, is spending her summer as a communications intern for the Seattle Storm, a WNBA team based in of Seattle, Washington.
A main component of Burke鈥檚 internship is working with media covering games. 鈥淚 create game day materials, help with media credentials and interviews,鈥 Burke said. 鈥淒uring games, I sit on press row, and 
during timeouts and between quarters I run box scores to the visiting team and media. A box score is a summary of what has happened in the quarter of the game.鈥
However, her responsibilities aren鈥檛 limited to game time. Burke arrives four hours before tip-off to prepare media materials and complete check press in. Following games, she sits in on player and coach interviews with the media. 鈥淎fter the interviews are over, I transcribe them and send them to my boss so they can be used for the post-game notes,鈥 she said.
While with the Storm, Burke applies 听what she learned in the classroom to the real world. 鈥淟ast semester I took a communications class and one of the big projects had to do with transcribing interviews, something I had never done before that class,鈥 Burke said. 鈥淔ast forward to my first day at work when my boss asks me if I have any experience transcribing interviews, and I got to say 鈥榶es鈥 proudly.鈥
The internship has also given Burke the opportunity to learn new skills. 鈥淚鈥檝e learned so much this summer, like how to write a press release and handle media interviews and things of that nature,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know where in the world of communication I will end up, but skills like that will help so much.鈥
When Burke began looking for an internship, sports wasn鈥檛 part of the picture.
鈥溝憬妒悠 has taught me how to find the value in things I might not think I鈥檇 enjoy,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e say it all the time about liberal arts classes; you never know what you will find that you like. That鈥檚 how I ended applying for an internship with a basketball team. I鈥檓 not really a sports person, but figured I鈥檇 find that I like working in sports, and I do.鈥
Working with the Storm has also given Burke an idea of what post-grad life might be like. 鈥淭his summer has given me a lot of insight into what working for a professional sports team is like,鈥 she said, adding that she could see herself working in the field 听after graduation.
鈥淲orking for the Storm is one of the coolest things I鈥檝e ever done,鈥 Burke said. 鈥淣ot only is the team successful (as of July 16 they led the WNBA), but every person I鈥檝e met has been 听kind, thoughtful and proud to be a part of the Storm team, and I know I am.鈥
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