MATT PROVENCE - LEHIGH VALLEY IRONPIGS

Matt Provence was the speaker at the March 17 meeting of Emmaus Rotary Club.

Matt is the Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. He began his broadcasting career as an intern for the New York Yankees Radio team in 1995. Since then he has accumulated 19 seasons in minor league baseball including stints with the Norwich Navigators, Lynchburg Hillcats and Daytona Cubs.

Including his time here in the Lehigh Valley as the "Voice of the IronPigs," Matt has called over 1200 minor league baseball games. He hosts the pre-game show on all IronPigs TV broadcasts. In his spare time, Matt is the play-by-play radio voice for the men’s and women’s basketball programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology – a Division I school in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Matt’s presentation focused on the experience that fans enjoy when attending an IronPigs game at Coca-Cola Park. In addition to competitive baseball, the franchise focuses on entertaining its fans with activities between innings, great food and seemingly endless promotions. Matt also shared the franchise’s creative marketing ideas which usually involve bacon and other pork products.