Tons of time and a deep love goes into anything that a person is passionate about. Jonathan Covert displays this kind of passion with each and every sports broadcast he is a part of.

Jonathan Covert, one of Morningside College’s sports broadcasters, can be constantly being seen working on his next games prep sheet. Numbers pour across his computer screen with a certain order and grouping.  Covert orchestrates his sheets in a particular way, with each color and font chosen for a reason. Everything that is put in the sheet is constantly being read over by Covert to know by heart the stats of that game’s players.

On game day, Covert goes the extra mile to make sure all is how he wants it on game day. This even has him committing to the trek down Dimmitt Hill and spending 45 cents for color copies of his spread. Covert thinks it’s worth it and comments “I want my sheets in a certain way.”

Covert had quite a memorable first year in the mass communications department, but he also has a share of stories and advice about freshmen year. I asked him if he had an awkward freshman memory and he took a bit to process what I asked. Covert then chuckled before admitting that he quit talking to his roommate in October. “We were still roommates, but we just quit talking to each other. It made a weird living situation” Covert added on. Despite the awkwardness with his roommate, Covert’s advice for incoming freshmen is just to jump in.

Covert had an interesting break before college started up again. He did the typical college student summer of a family vacation and having ridiculous work schedule. Covert was working at a McDonalds and a radio station called KLGA. With both of these jobs, Covert was basically working over 40 hours. He mentioned some weird work stories as well. “When I was working at McDonalds, I had a customer ask us to run their hamburger under water,” Covert stated, “I don’t think that it was an okay thing, but we did it anyway.”