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Alexander Naveja finishes his second year as a member of 22 West Radio at the California State University of Long Beach (CSULB) radio network as a play-by-play broadcaster in English and Spanish for baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and softball. He hosted the pre halftime and post game show for men’s and women’s basketball. Naveja co-founded Deportes 22, the first Spanish sports show in Long Beach. Naveja, 25, first started his broadcasting career as a Spanish World Cup analyst in the 2014 World Cup at the age of 21 for El Sembrador.

Naveja attended CSULB, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. He was a member of the club baseball team for two years representing the Long Beach State Forty-Niners. During his junior year of college, he secured an internship with the Big West Conference and ESPN3.

During the summer of 2018, Naveja joined the Inland Valley Baseball Association, the SoCal Collegiate Baseball League and the Sunset Baseball League where he was the play-by-play broadcaster for three different baseball teams in the same season (Inland Valley Bucs, Inland Valley Pirates and SBL Inland Valley Pirates).

During the spring of 2019, Naveja served as the play-by-play broadcaster for the baseball team and periodically the softball team for LBSU. He was also the show host for the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) show “Inside the UPSL” aired on Thursday nights.

Naveja is currently doing play-by-play for the UPSL on TVE Max along with doing play-by-play for California State University San Marcos for men’s and women’s soccer and doing play-by-play for Learfield IMG for California State University Northridge for men’s and women’s soccer. He is also the host of his very own podcast, Sideline Sports Podcast that is aired every Thursday evening on YouTube, Audiomack and Soundcloud.


Baseball

Here is a small sample of Alex Naveja’s baseball broadcast work. If you have any questions regarding his work, feel free to contact him on one of his social media platforms. He can be found on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or by email, simply go on his contacts tab and his usernames will be found.