The Coastal Plain League has announced Hailey Cole as the Most “Viral” Performer, an award given to the league’s multimedia correspondent who provided the most engaging content throughout the summer. This is the third season of the multimedia internship program, with Summer Huechtker winning the award last season.
“This class of multimedia interns had a number of standout performers that undoubtedly have bright futures ahead of them in this field,” noted CPL Director of Media and Content Development Shelby Hilliard. “When it came time to choose our top performer from this group however, we always kept coming back to Hailey’s work. The engagement on her posts was second to none as she showed a great aptitude for capturing impactful moments – both in video and picture form.”
Covering all Holly Springs Salamander home games, Cole was one of 12 multimedia interns spread about the league who worked diligently to share real-time, behind-the-scenes content with CPL fans via the CPL’s social media platforms, most predominantly featured on the league’s Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook stories (@CPLBaseball.) These interns also collected video and pictures of players throughout the year that was used in the Around the CPL weekly highlight show and other promotional materials, as well as being archived for use down the road as players continue their journey to professional baseball.
Cole is currently a junior at the University of North Carolina where she is majoring in Communication Studies with a double minor in Education and Health and Society. In addition to her degree plan, Cole will obtain a certificate in Sports Communication from the UNC School of Media and Journalism and hopes to one day have a career in athletic communications. Cole is also a member of North Carolina’s softball team.
“This internship taught me far more than I anticipated,” said Cole. “I learned different strategies for developing social media content, and sharpened my photography skills as well. I was eager to get to the field to interact with the team and the fans each day and thoroughly enjoyed being a multimedia intern this summer. I’m honored to receive the award and cannot thank the CPL enough for such a rewarding opportunity.”
Her fellow multimedia interns this summer that provided content all season for fans were as follows:Brynn Laurash, Austin Pert, Callie Cline, Ethan Foley, Donovan James, Ryan Webster, James Lockhart, Carson Kilpatrick and Marcus Richardson.
For students interested in taking part in this program for the 2020 season please email a resume to [email protected].
About Coastal Plain League:
The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. Heading into its 23rd season in 2019, the CPL features 16 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To date, the CPL has had over 1,600 alumni drafted and 128 alums – including 2017 ALCS MVP, 2017 World Series champion, 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander, as well as 2017 NLCS MVP Chris Taylor – make their Major League debut. For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat @CPLBaseball.