ANNIE POTEAT
Hello! I'm Annie.
I joined USC's student newspaper, The Daily Gamecock, the moment I stepped on campus and worked there for two years! I started out as an Athlete Features Beat Writer and worked my way up to a Managing Editor before making the switch to public relations. I began working in for South Carolina Athletics in the Communications & PR department at the start of my junior year. I dove right in, learning how to stat soccer games, writing game previews and recaps, and live-tweeting from our various sports' accounts. Throughout my time, I became the secondary for Equestrian, Women's Soccer and Men's Tennis. I was awarded opportunities to travel with the SEC and work events for the conference. My experiences have allowed me to find a true love and passion for sports information!
Annie Poteat
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA '26
Aspiring Sports Information Director
Phone: (980) 417-4478
Email: anniepoteat20@gmail.com
I am from Charlotte, N.C., but am currently living in Columbia, S.C., wrapping up my B.A. in Journalism. My passion resides in sports media, specifically, team media. I have spent the last two years working as a Communications & PR Assistant for South Carolina Athletics, and I would love to contribute to another department upon my graduation!
EXPERIENCE
PR/Communications Assistant
August 2024 - Present
Media Liason
March 2025 & 2026
Media Intern
March 2025 & July 2025
Writing Intern
January 2024 - July 2024
Managing Editor
January 2024 - May 2024
Athlete Feature Beat Writer
Aug. 2023 - Dec. 2023
Sports Writer
Aug. 2022 - May 2023
Gamecock Athletics
This position has helped me narrow down my career aspirations. I've served as the secondary SID for Equestrian, Women's Soccer, and Men's Tennis. I learned how to operate StatBroadcast and Genuis programs, edit in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere Pro, and write previews and recaps across USC sports. I have recorded statistics for soccer, have experience using STATCREW for softball and have used TrackTennis. I have consistently posted in-game updates on X and Instagram across USC sports, and even live-posted on X for a Women's Basketball game. I have created match day programs and written game notes, as well as helped moderate countless press conferences. Through this work, I know I want to work in team media, ultimately as a Sports Information Director.
NCAA
South Carolina Athletics has worked with the NCAA as a host site for the first two rounds of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship both years I have been working for the department. I have served as a media liaison and helped escort visiting teams to and from media events, monitored open locker rooms, and distributed credentials.
Southeastern Conference
Through my internship with South Carolina Athletics, I earned opportunities to travel and work two SEC events. I worked 15 games over five days, assisted with press conference coordination and distributed statistics and credentials for the 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament in Nashville. Then I traveled to Atlanta during the summer to assist with press conference coordination and distribute credentials for the 2025 SEC Football Media Days.
GamecockCentral.com
I joined the team at Gamecock Central as an intern to gain experience from professionals in the sports field. I contributed to the team with feature writing, event coverage and website management during games.
Daily Gamecock
I finished my team with the school newspaper, working as the Assistant Sports Editor, and then as the Managing Editor. I learned how to truly lead a team to accomplish daily coverage while balancing being a full-time student. It was also then that I learned my career aspirations didn't lie in Journalism, but in Communications.
Daily Gamecock
To start my sophomore year, I decided I was ready for more of a challenge and for increased responsibility. I was hired as a beat writer, focusing on athlete profiles. I grew my skills as an interviewer and learned how to find stories through conversation. I started writing stories I was particularly proud of and expanded my ability from game coverage. I was also able to share some of my knowledge by being in a leadership position on the paper, helping recruit and train new writers.
Daily Gamecock
My first semester of college, I knew what I wanted to do. I joined the school paper right away and actively contributed to the sports section throughout the academic year. I learned how to cover games and how to write feature stories, building my confidence in the field, as well as finding my writing "voice."
WRITING SAMPLES
Recent South Carolina Athletics Work
The No. 5 South Carolina Equestrian team (8-4, 3-3) took down No. 1 Georgia (7-3, 3-2) 16-3 on Saturday.
The No. 16 South Carolina women’s tennis team fell, 4-1, to No. 1 Georgia at home in its SEC opener on Sunday afternoon.
The No. 22 South Carolina men’s tennis team (9-1, 2-0 SEC) hosts No. 4 Texas for its SEC home opener on Friday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m., before hitting the road again to take on No. 16 Florida on Sunday, Mar. 1, at noon.
No. 16 Women's Tennis Falls to No. 1 Georgia
Reporting Highlights
Meredith McFadden has played baseball since she was 4 years old. Coming to college didn't stop her from living out her dream.
College GameDay visited Colonial Life's sold-out arena and brought all the fanfare to the home of the Gamecocks.
The sisters are teammates on the South Carolina women's golf team and are playing together for the first time in their collegiate careers.
EDUCATION
2022 - 2026
Bachelor's Degree
2018 - 2022
High School Diploma
University of South Carolina
I am a second-semester senior and am graduating in May 2026. I will have my Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a concentration in Sports Media and a minor in Sport Management. I will have a 3.98 GPA.
Lake Norman Charter High School
I graduated from Lake Norman Charter in Huntersville, N.C. in May of 2022. I finished with a 4.35 GPA and was on the A-Honor Roll through all four years. I played on the varsity soccer team all four years as well, winning two state championships.
SKILLS
StatBroadcast, Genius Statistics and Stat
Crew
Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Excel
Communicative and approachable
Public Relations Writing
Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign and Photoshop
Well-versed on all social media platforms
Operating Systems: Windows and Mac
Organized and professional