Amanda Vogt is an alumna of the Wayne Valley High School class of 2022. She has made a considerable impactful during her four years at Wayne Valley and has continued doing so with her work at Penn State. Vogt has demonstrated leadership in many ways at Wayne Valley.
For instance, Vogt joined journalism her freshman year. By sophomore year, she became an editor, and later a co-editor in chief for smoke signals. Additionally, Vogt played golf for 4 years and eventually became captain. In her senior year, she also ran the TV production and was the head producer for the V. Vogt revealed that, “Mrs. Nazarko and Damer were probably [her] favorite teachers at Wayne Valley.” It was Mrs. Nazarko and Damer that led her to discover what career she wanted to pursue.
At Penn State, Vogt is continuing her journalism journey at the Bellisario College of Communications. She is currently a junior majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Sports Studies and Digital Media, Trends and Analytics. One of Vogt’s favorite articles she wrote was for the Associated Press (the AP) on the Little League World Series. Vogt told me, “The Nevada team won, and the pitcher got so many strikeouts.” The Nevada team also got to greet the Yankees as they came off a plane. As of 2024, Vogt is the secretary for The Association for Women Sports Media (AWSM). She covers Penn State Football as an insider for Comm Radio. One of her favorite games she covered was “the first home opener last season against West Virginia.” It was a 7 pm game and she described the crowd to be “insane”. Vogt also covers men’s basketball as a beat reporter with Penn State’s Sports night.
Other recent things Vogt has done is an internship with the Carolina golf association this past summer. She loved this job especially as she played golf herself. Vogt also wrote on the Paralympics for the AP. According to Vogt’s article, the Paralympics is hoping to educate people on disabilities and change a normal person’s perspective. “The athletes were insane,” she explains.
In her farewell article for the Wayne Valley school newspaper, Vogt said, “No matter where I end up, Smoke Signals will always be the first paper that I was published in, and I would never change a thing. Getting the chance to share so many unique sides to a student, a teacher, an athlete, or a coach, is the most rewarding feeling…I can’t get enough. We are the authors of our own stories, but we may only be a chapter in this world.” It appears Vogt is writing not only her own story, but the story of many.
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