New York Mets
Communications Associate · Queens, New York
Sports communications · Editorial · Media relations
Kenneth
Burgess.
Telling the stories behind the game—from the press box and clubhouse to the page.
New York Mets CommunicationsSports WriterFormer Collegiate Athlete
Selected work
Reporting with range.
Player profiles, game coverage, recruiting news and behind-the-scenes features across professional and collegiate sports.
A.J. Ewing: Leading Off
A profile tracing the center fielder’s rapid rise from Ohio baseball fields to the top of the Mets’ Major League lineup.
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Brett the Met!
A look at Brett Baty’s versatility, resilience and team-first response to a changing role across the diamond.
Read feature ↗Lehigh sports performance team works to maximize space in facilities
Inside the creativity and coordination required to train 700-plus Division I athletes.
Read story ↗Lehigh football loses season opener to Villanova
Deadline game reporting from the Mountain Hawks’ 2022 season opener.
Read story ↗Men’s soccer recruits 10 to class of 2026
Reporting on the depth, talent and stories behind Lehigh men’s soccer’s incoming class.
Read story ↗A look back at notable 2019–2020 Le-Laf games
A multi-sport retrospective on the moments that defined Lehigh–Lafayette rivalry play.
Read story ↗About
From the ice to the press box.
An athlete’s eye for the moment. A reporter’s instinct for the story.
Kenneth W. Burgess IV is a sports communications professional and writer currently working with the New York Mets. He produces game notes and statistical materials, supports media relations and press conferences, and writes original features for Mets Magazine.
A graduate of Lehigh University with a B.A. in Journalism & Communications and a minor in Marketing, Kenneth spent four years reporting for The Brown and White. His work spans player profiles, game coverage, recruiting and the people and systems operating behind the scenes of sport.
Before moving into the press box, Kenneth spent four years in net as Lehigh Club Ice Hockey’s starting goaltender. He served two years as team president, helped lead the program to the 2023–24 ECHA Conference Championship and earned All-Tournament Team honors.
CommunicationsGame notes, media relations, statistics, press conferences
EditorialReporting, interviewing, feature writing, copy editing
ResearchBaseball Savant, Stathead, Opta Stats Pass
OperationsScheduling, events, travel, fundraising, budgets
Experience
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Sports Writing Contributor · 80+ original stories
The Brown and White
Sports Section Beat Reporter · Lehigh University
Lehigh University Ice Hockey
President & Starting Goaltender · ECHA Champion