Butler's BCTV to produce second ESPN+ broadcast

The National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) has announced that, for the second season in a row, Butler Community College students will serve as the primary production team for an ESPN broadcast.

The Butler Grizzlies football team will play Snow College of Ephraim, Utah, on Saturday, September 28, at 1:30 p.m at BG Veterans Memorial Stadium, and Butler Creative TV (BCTV) will produce the game in partnership with the NJCAA and California's Tourbeau Sports.

Butler students will be involved in directing, running replays, creating graphics and operating nine cameras for the broadcast, which will be live-streamed on the ESPN+ app.

BCTV Station Manager Matt Jacobs notes that the game will be Butler's second ESPN-branded event and second national-level partnership after last year’s matchup against Dodge City Community College. The game will also be the first ESPN+ event produced at BG Products Veterans Sports Complex, which opened in 2012.

“Our students get incredible hands-on experiences at Butler, and [full-time BCTV staff] Tyler Nordman, Garrett Hanks and I are excited for them to have this amazing opportunity once again,” Jacobs said. As BCTV’s “Voice of the Grizzlies,” Jacobs will provide live play-by-play from the Scheels BCTV Broadcast Booth.

Butler’s BCTV program is designed to educate students pursuing careers in all aspects of broadcasting, including on-air, behind-the scenes, sports photography and sports writing.

Students participating in the broadcast include: (listed by hometowns)

Andover

Brooks Allen

Ella Boozer  

Alex Colborn  

 

Arkansas City

Addyson Williams

 

Atchison

Miriam Agnew

Ivie Wolfe

 

Augusta

Gunner Daugherty

Brock Stiles

Summer Sullivan

Melia Wright

 

Derby

Brooke Rice

 

El Dorado

Makaila Bender  

Isaac Jones

Evan Liess

Alyssa Patty

Trenton Todd

William Trier

 

Onoway, MI

Maggie Grant

 

Oskaloosa

Treyton Bassett

 

Topeka

V’Ante Peoples

 

Wichita

Dakota Blue

Abigail Dyer

Isaias Fawcett

Annabelle Gilchrist  

Lilly Mitchell

Kylie Phillips

Kosi Rogers

JaReece Scott

 

Winfield

Braxtin Sturgeon