I took a chance early in my career to try to stay in the sport world, which led me to taking a job in Tulsa, Oklahoma with the AA Affiliate of the Colorado Rockies (now Los Angeles Dodgers). Minor league baseball is a small operation, which gave me the opportunity to develop skills along with graphic design in other parts of the organization, including sales and running the social media channels.

While I was in Tulsa, the Drillers acquired a United Soccer League (USL) team, The Tulsa Roughnecks. My duties for the Roughnecks mirrored what I did during the baseball season. Working with the Roughnecks for their inaugural season was fun, and presented my first chance to develop a season-long campaign for the team.