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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS alumnus calls games

By Billy Mielko, Special Writer
 Tyler Olsen is starting to live his dream by calling football games and other events.
   Mr. Olsen, 23, graduated South Brunswick high school in 2008.
   Afterwards he attended the College of New Jersey, in Ewing, starting in the fall of 2008 and graduating in the spring of 2012 with a major in journalism and communications.
   When asked why he chose that major, he said he always loved sports and was always fascinated by sports broadcasting.
   He also said he tries to combine the love of sports with his writing skills.
   Growing up, he said he would mute the TV, put on headphones, and pretend like he was calling the game, whether it were the Yankees or the Giants, and would always love listening to the Yankees on the radio.
   He currently works at All American Games, a sports management and marketing company based in Rockaway, Morris County.
   According to the company’s website, it is the parent company of Football University which, produces and manages many of the nation’s premiere high school and youth sporting events.
   One of the biggest events that it hosts is the US army All-American Bowl, an all star game for the best high school players in the country.
   It also runs instructional football camps in which, he conducts interviews that are also posted on Youtube.
   Other interviews he conducts are at camps and events.
   The company was founded in 2000 by its president, Rich McGuinness, and is operated by Mr. McGuinness and partners Doug Berman and Kate McGuinness, according to the site.
   Rich McGuinness and Mr. Berman were recently named to Sports Event Magazine’s “Innovators & Influencers” list, which spotlights 25 individuals who are influencing sports today and building lasting legacies, according to the company.
   Mr. Olsen said loves to be involved in the sport of football, but more specifically the youth and high school football.
   The amateur games are what draw him to sports. He likes the fact that some of the high school students, that are the best in the country, are extremely humble and do not have big egos.
   His future plans are to become a sports anchor on TV or radio broadcaster. With his current job he gets to do a little bit of everything, but ideally would like to be on ESPN’s Sportscenter some day, but is growing with the company he is with.
   When asked about what advice he could give to graduates, is to do what you love and what makes you happy.
   ”Go to school, pursue what interests you,” he said. “Use the skills that you have learned in the field you have studied.”