T. William Gooch

This site is dedicated to displaying various projects from Tanner Gooch.

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Writing Samples

Big Sky Conference - Professional

IDAHO CENTRAL CREDIT UNION TO SPONSOR BIG SKY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

BIG SKY PARTNERS WITH TEAMFANSHOP

ICCU TO SPONSOR THE 2014 BIG SKY VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Personal Music Blog

CHANCE THE RAPPER BLAZING A TRAIL FOR DAME D.O.L.L.A.?

AFICIONADO: EMPTY

Q&A WITH COURTNEY E. SMITH

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Social Media Accounts

I manage a wide variety of social media accounts. Links below

Facebook www.facebook.com/bigskyconf

Twitter www.twitter.com/bigskyconf www.twitter.com/bigskyfb www.twitter.com/bigskymbb

Youtube www.youtube.com/bigskyconf

Instragram www.instagram.com/bigskyconf

Vine https://vine.co/Big.Sky.Conf

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Big Sky’s Road to Reno Video Spot

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Twitter Examples

The 2016 #BrawlOfTheWild gets the #NBAJam treatment! @MontanaStateMBB at @UMGrizzlies_BB - SATURDAY 7 pm MT pic.twitter.com/7y0MV0b0N8

Venky Jois auditioning for #NBAJam #BigSkySlams #GoEags https://t.co/lxH99Cdws0

Watch what @UNDmbasketball's @QuintonHooker21 did to pick up #BigSkyMBB and Lou Henson National POTW #RoadToReno https://t.co/9uQgkSdFWQ

It all comes down to this. @WeberStateMBB vs @UMGRIZZLIES_BB for the #BigSkyMBB title. pic.twitter.com/y1MrIth3IP

The latest @weberstate Big Sky Championship 👕 is available at https://bigskyshop.com #RoadToReno #BigSkyMBB pic.twitter.com/uH007oSNZI

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Damian's Diary - Video Editing Work

During his junior year at Weber State, 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year, Damian Lillard broke his foot. I worked with him on a small film project about his recovery.

There are five episodes. 

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#BigSky50 Anniversary Lists

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#BigSky25 Lists

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5/30/2013 1:27:28 PM 50th and 25th Anniversary OGDEN, Utah – After 50 years of competition, the Big Sky Conference will soon begin a year-long journey celebrating the league’s success both on and off the playing field by honoring 50 years of men’s athletics and 25 years of women’s athletics.

The 50th anniversary will celebrate the all-time individuals, teams and moments in the Big Sky’s history, including the selection of the league Top 50 male student-athletes and the top 25 female student-athletes. Along with the lists, the league will unveil the most memorable moments for both men’s and women’s competition.

In the coming weeks, fans around the world will be invited to participate in an interactive experience, allowing all to share in the celebration.

“We’ve been gearing up for this celebration for several years,’’ said Commissioner Doug Fullerton. “Remembering and honoring out past student-athletes, teams, record-breaking performances and the coaches and administrators who guided them all along the way will be a lot of fun. We’ve put together a top-notch group of current and former administrators, coaches, and media to provide input to the ballots, and help us select the honorees. We also anticipate tremendous interaction from fans and alumni during the interactive phase. “

The Division I Big Sky Conference officially celebrates its 50th birthday on July 1, 2013. The league was established in 1963 by six charter members – the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Gonzaga University, The University of Montana, Montana State University and Weber State University.

The Big Sky expanded from the original six in 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Arizona. Gonzaga left the league in 1979 and was replaced by Nevada, pushing the Big Sky to eight members. The conference grew to nine schools in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washington.

In 1988-89, the Big Sky Conference first began sponsoring women’s sports. The former Mountain West Conference existed from 1982-88, sponsoring championships for women’s sports at the same institutions the Big Sky had men’s programs. The Big Sky merged with the Mountain West in 1988, forming one league for both men and women.

The 1990s brought some major changes, beginning with Nevada leaving in 1992 and put the Big Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho departed and at the same time the conference added Portland State, Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years before Cal State Northridge departed in the spring of 2001.

Northern Colorado joined the Big Sky Conference on July 1, 2006, bringing the league back to nine members.

The Big Sky Conference welcomed the University of North Dakota and Southern Utah University into the fold as full members on July 1, 2012. Cal Poly and UC Davis join the league as affiliate members in football, where the league competes at the Championship Subdivision level (formerly I-AA).

The additions of North Dakota and Southern Utah give the stable Big Sky 11 full institutions and 13 football members. The current lineup includes four of the six charter members: Idaho State University, The University of Montana, Montana State University and Weber State. Northern Arizona enters its 44th season in the Big Sky, giving the conference five members with at least 40 years of continuous membership. Also, charter member Idaho will return most of its intercollegiate sports to the Big Sky on July 1, 2014.

The 2012-13 season marked the completion of 50 years of athletic competition, and 25 sponsoring women’s collegiate athletics. Before the season the league unveiled a new logo and brand that is sure to carry the conference onto another successful 50 years.

The 25th season of women’s athletics also marked a first for the league, as Portland State won the league’s inaugural softball championship.

The Big Sky sponsors championships in 15 sports, including men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, basketball and tennis. In addition, there are also championships in football, and women’s volleyball, golf, soccer, and softball.

Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, is completing his 18th year at the helm. Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, replacing longtime commissioner Ron Stephenson, who passed away in 2011. Stephenson served the league for 14 years. Steve Belko was the commissioner from 1977-81, while John Roning held the post from 1971-77. The first league commissioner was Jack Friel, who served from 1963-71.

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Big Sky Hashtag Reports

At the beginning of the 2012-13 season I instituted official hashtags for the Big Sky‘s sports, with the intention to help clarify score updates, stories, and players of the week. This allowed fans, alumni, and families to follow a specific hashtag rather than forcing them to follow a handful more accounts. As an added benefit we were able to now measure the impact and reach of our social media updates.

As an employee of an FCS conference I wanted to help expand the presence of the FCS playoffs on social media. During the 2011 playoffs I started adding #FCSPlayoffs to Big Sky score updates and stories, and asked if our teams and media members would do the same. The hashtag would be adopted by the NCAA in 2012 as the official hashtag the post season tournament.

Below you will find TweetReach reports for our men’s basketball championship and out outdoor track and field championship. I have also included a report for #FCSPlayoffs.

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#FirstTeamFriday

In order to expand the Big Sky's presence on Instagram and to build excitement for the 2013 Big Sky Football Season I created special graphics of returning members of the 2012 First-Team All-Conference team. The campaign was labeled #FirstTeamFriday, as we would release a graphic on Friday mornings. Below you will see a selection of graphics.

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2013 Big Sky Basketball Championship Film

The 2012-13 basketball season brought changes to the championship format of the Big Sky Conference. The brackets were expanded to seven teams and the three rounds were played at the host institution's arena. If that weren't enough both the Montana men and women earned the right to host. Meaning that 14 teams from around the league would descend upon Missoula, Mont. for the 2013 Big Sky Championships. The winners would punch their tickets to the NCAA Tournament.

Taking advantage of the unique situation, I commissioned a film crew to capture the action of both tournaments. We then created an NFL Films style short about the 2013 Big Sky Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. Marking the first major championship with the new brand and logo.

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Sponsorship Fulfillment

Geico Fulfillment by T William Gooch

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Branding the Big Sky Conference

BigSky_BrandBook_07_02_12 by T William Gooch

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Early Design Work

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If you remember from last week, the Montana State women’s basketball team beat Weber State 66-56, junior guard Katie Bussey broke the 1,000 career point mark. She currently stands at 1,028 and is the only junior who is among the active players to surpass the mark.

When I was updating the active career leaders for this week’s notes I noticed that Northern Arizona sophomore Amy Patton is quickly approaching 1,000 points. She is the only active sophomore on pace to break the milestone this season, as she has 865 points. It was this incredible pace that inspired my post today.

I thought to myself, who was the last Big Sky sophomore to break the 1,000 point barrier? With scorers like Shannon Cate and Mandy Morales, you would think that the Montana Lady Griz would have produced at least one player who tallied 1,000 points by the end of their sophomore season. After scouring Montana’s record book, I found that none of their great players have scored over 1,000 points in their first two seasons.

Once I recovered from that setback I figured Occam’s razor would hold the key. Idaho State’s Natalie Doma, the conference’s all-time leading scoring, was the the simplest explanation and was more than likely the correct one, but alas Occam was wrong. I found that Doma’s scored a combined 869 points in her first two seasons at Idaho State.

Back to square one. Frustrated I discussed the topic with Assistant Commissioner of Media Relations Jon Kasper. He too was taken-a-back by the fact that Montana wasn’t the obvious choice. After explaining where I had already checked he brought up Cal State Northridge’s Edniesha Curry. For those who don’t remember Cal State Northridge was part of the league from 1996 to 2001, making for a slim margin for error in finding any player from the program who had tallied 1,000 points before their junior year.

I broke out the old Big Sky media guides to see if Curry was the lucky winner. In my research I found that Curry lead the league with 17.0 points-per-game (477 total points) her freshman year. With a start like that we were on to something. It just so happed she improved her scoring prowess as a sophomore, finishing with 533 points. During the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons Curry put up a total of 1,010 points and with that I thought I had my answer.

I was all set to write this blog with Curry being the last sophomore to reach 1,000 career points. As I wrote my mind wondered and the names of former Big Sky scoring leaders started to float around in my head again. Inspiration eventually struck me and I had to check on one last player. In fact I still can’t figure out why her named didn’t jump out at me when I first started this journey.

During the 2005-06 season a 5-10 guard from Aurora, Ore. poured in 484 points as a freshman. She was named Co-Outstanding Freshman of the Year with aforementioned Morales. As a sophomore she improved her scoring, as she finished with 556 points. In those two seasons she totaled 1,040 points and then went on to finish her career with 2,049 points. She stands behind only Cate and Doma on the league’s career scoring list and 90 points ahead of Morales.

If you haven’t already guessed who it is I’ll break the case for you. The answer is Kelsey Kahle and she is the last Big Sky women’s basketball player to break the 1,000 career point barrier during her sophomore season.  Here is some more reading about Kahle and Morales' careers. If basketball wasn't enough Kahle earned a spot on the Big Sky outdoor track & field All-Conference team when she finished third in the high jump at the 2009 Big Sky Championships. Her mark at the championship also earner her a spot in the NCAA Regional meet. You can read an interview the Big Sky did with here before the outdoor championships.

Now that we know who was the last sophomore to score 1,000 career points, the focus can return to Amy Patton and her assault on the milestone. As of Jan. 26, 2011 Patton has a total of 865 points. Northern Arizona has 10 more regular season games, so to be on the safe side let’s assume she will only get 10 more shots at getting to 1,000 points this season. Patton will need to average 13.5 points-per-game to accomplish the feat. Her first chance to get a good start will be Jan. 27th, as the Lumberjacks will travel to Greeley, Colo. to play the red-hot Northern Colorado bears.

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3/7/2010 1:00:40 AM 2010 WBB Bracket Ogden, Utah (March 6, 2010) - Last night the site of the Big Sky women's basketball tournament was determined with Idaho State's win over Sacramento State. Eastern Washington clinched the regular season title and the hosting rights because of the Hornets' bad fortune.

Saturday left much to be determined, as no other seeds had been settled in last night's action. Portland State had a chance at receiving a no. 2 seed with a win Saturday afternoon against Eastern Washington. The Eagles were able to hold of the upset minded Vikings in a 78-68 victory. Eastern Washington improved to 12-4 in league play and Portland State fell to 9-7.

Montana topped Northern Colorado 63-60 Saturday and in the processes moved 10-6 in the conference. Sacramento State was the last post season team to play and the Hornets collected a 75-61 win over Weber State. The Hornets' league record improved to 10-6 as well.

The wins by the Hornets and the Lady Griz created a three-way tie for second between Idaho State, Sacramento State, and Montana. The Lady Griz received the no. 2 seed because they swept the Bengals and split with the Hornets. Sacramento State split with both Montana and Idaho State, delivering the No. 3 seed to Hornets and the Bengals stand at no. 4.

Portland State fell all the way to the no. 5, while Montana State received the no. 6 even with a win over Northern Arizona in earlier action. The Vikings win the tiebreak between the two because the Bobcats were swept by Eastern Washington. Montana State and Portland State split in their season series, therefore forcing the tiebreak to be determined by their records against the Eagles.

The Big Sky women's basketball tournament will begin March 11th at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash. No. 3 Sacramento State will face no. 6 Montana State at 3:30 p.m. PST. In the other first round game no. 4 Idaho State will faceoff against no. 5 Portland State at 6:00 p.m. PST.

No. 1 Eastern Washington and no. 2 Montana receive a bye in the first round. The Eagles will get the lowest remaining seed in the second round, while Montana will receive the highest remaining seed.

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3/8/2010 8:00:00 PM WBB All-Conference 2010

OGDEN, Utah (March 10, 2010) - The Big Sky Conference has announced the Women's Basketball All-Conference team and individual award winners for the 2009-10 season. The awards were decided following a vote by the league's nine head coaches.

Julie Piper became the first Eastern Washington player in Big Sky history to earn the league's Most Valuable Player Award. The junior was a unanimous selection to the first team, along with Idaho State senior Oana Iacovita. This is the first time either has been named to the all-conference first team.

Montana State's Sarah Strand and Eastern Washington's Brianne Ryan have been selected as the league's Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Northern Arizona's Amy Patton was a unanimous selection for Freshman of the Year, while teammate Vickie Toney was named Newcomer of the Year.

Piper, a 6-1 forward from Roseburg, Ore., averaged 12.1 points per game overall and 12.6 in league play to help the Eagles to their first-ever outright regular season conference title. She is third in the Big Sky with 7.8 rebounds per game and leads the league in offensive rebounds with 3.3 per game, along with ranking fourth in field goal percentage (.469). Piper tallied 20 points, 13 rebounds, and one blocked shot in Eastern Washington's 78-68 victory over the Portland State, delivering her fifth double-double of the season.

Ryan and Strand we recognized for the outstanding defensive play throughout the season. Ryan lead the Eagles defense as the no. 1 defender, drawing matchups against the opponent's top scoring threat. She had excellent defensive games against the league's top scorers, including holding Portland State's Claire Fuacher to just 11 points in Saturday's finale.

Strand tops the conference with 59 blocked shots, collecting seven in one game against Sacramento State and six in a matchup with Winthrop. The junior from Seattle, Wash., averaged 4.6 defensive rebounds per game along with being an excellent on-ball defender. During the season Strand was named Big Sky Player of the Week twice.

Northern Arizona's Amy Patton finished the season as the league's top rebounder with 8.6 per game and was second in scoring at 18.6 per game. During the season the Tempe, Ariz. product posted four 30-point games, including a league season high of 35 against Sacramento State. The freshman also tallied 13 double-doubles this season, that total is more than double than any other player in the conference.

Fellow Lumberjack Vickie Toney, from Chicago, Ill., was named Top Newcomer by the coaches. The transfer from Lamar University finished the season 5th in league with 4.7 assists per game and 7th in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.2.  During conference play she improved on these numbers with 5.3 assist per game and a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.

2009-10 All-Conference Women's Basketball Team

Individual Award Winners

MVP – Julie Piper, F, Eastern Washington Newcomer  of the Year – Vickie Toney, G, Northern Arizona Freshman Of the Year  – Amy Patton, G, Northern Arizona Co-Defensive Player of the Year – Brianne Ryan, Eastern Washington and Sarah Strand, Montana State

FIRST TEAM *Julie Piper Eastern Washington F Jr. Roseburg, Ore. *Oana Iacovita Idaho State F Sr. Cluj-Napoca, Romania Charday Hunt# Sacramento State G Sr. Portland, Ore. *Claire Faucher$ Portland State G Sr. Yakima, Wash. Erica Perry# Montana State G Sr. Lynwood, Calif. Whitley Cox Northern Colorado G Sr. Las Vegas, Nev.

* - Unanimous Selection; # - Two-Time All-Conference; $ - Three-Time All-Conference

SECOND TEAM Lauren Beck Montana G Sr. Great Falls, Mont. Amy Patton Northern Arizona G Fr. Tempe, Ariz. Kyla Evans Eastern Washington G Jr. Brewster, Wash. Erika Edwards Sacramento State F Sr. Redmond, Wash. Sarah Strand Montana State F Jr. Seattle, Wash.

HONORABLE MENTION Andrea Videbeck Idaho State G Sr. Kaite Bussey Montana State G So. Emily Christensen Sacramento State F Jr. Tonya Schnibbe Weber State G Sr. Caitlin Anderson Weber State G Jr.