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Grant Tingley
  • Communication
  • Class of 2019
  • Angola, IN

TIngley, Vigliarolo receive inaugural Golden Microphone awards

2017 May 8

Two Trine University communication majors were awarded the first-ever Golden Microphone Award for their contributions to media in the university's Department of Humanities and Communication.

Grant Tingley of Angola and Ben Vigliarolo of West Bloomfield, Michigan, were honored during the department's spring award celebration on May 4.

The pair serve as co-hosts of the HAC 3 Strikes podcast. The podcast, which focuses on sports, recently completed its 25th episode this year.

HAC professor Justin Young, who also co-hosts HAC 3 Strikes with the two, said he's very proud to see them as the first recipients.

"I've seen few students more dedicated than Ben and Grant," Young said. "I joke that they remind me of that line from High Fidelity - I hired them for two days a week and they just started showing up every day."

In truth, the two's commitment to the podcast has meant they have on occasion recorded without Young as scheduling conflicts arose. Still, he says they're just fine on their own, noting, "They've improved so much over just the last year."

That improvement has led to opportunities announcing Trine softball and basketball games for the campus radio station, WEAX. This summer Vigliarolo will continue that play-by-play work with a minor-league team in West Virginia.