Michael Bucca ‘04 Wins Sports Emmy

Michael Bucca, a 2004 graduate of William Paterson with a bachelor’s degree in communication, won a 2014 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Technical Team-Studio for his work on MLB Tonight on the MLB Network. The Sports Emmy Award recipients were chosen by a blue ribbon panel of industry peers and honored during a special ceremony in New York City on May 6.

Bucca, who works as a freelance technical manager and technical director for broadcast productions, also teaches as an adjunct professor in the University’s Communication Department. He credits communication professor John Rhodes with helping in his success. “Without his faith in me, I would not have had the wonderful career I have had,” Bucca says.