For baseball fans without cable TV, radio is the bridge that transports the listener to the thrill of a live game from their living room sofa. 

Shane Dennis, Wichita State director of baseball operations and baseball broadcaster, discovered that bridge as a young boy and has been travelling across it ever since.

Dennis said he’s living his dream job. His office is baseball diamonds throughout the country where he broadcasts the details of games across the radio.

“It beats working a regular job because you never know what’s going to happen,” Dennis said. “You get to watch baseball and get paid for it.”

But every silver lining has a cloud. Every day spent travelling is one less he spends with his wife and son.

“From February until June, it’s pretty much nonstop with hardly any days off,” Dennis said.  

Dennis dabbled in playing baseball during his college years. He played for the Shockers from 1991 to 1994 while majoring in broadcasting. After making a circuit of local radio and television stations, he landed at WSU in 2001. 

Now director of baseball operations, his radio broadcasting happens during a 40-hour work week. But Dennis still strives to keep the radio air fresh and lively during WSU baseball games.

“I think if you’re a good broadcaster you could broadcast a junior high game or a big league game,” he said. Dennis said the journey to his current level of broadcasting didn’t come without a few hard-earned lessons.

“The preparation eliminates that tension that causes you to look back and just want to cry,” Dennis said. “Everything just falls into place.”