Devin C. Thompson

The Tone The easiest way to describe the aspect of my voice is to imagine the movie trailers that your on previews at the movies. "And now.......I give you......THUNDER!" Think of how Noel Jones speaks for the series of "The Bible".

A newspaper Article: Written by Carol Heard from The Post searchlight stationed in Bainbridge, Ga. Here's an insert from the Article.... If you have been to a Bainbridge High School basketball game this season, there’s a new addition that has added some excitement to the games. Besides the three-pointers or slam dunks by Devon Baulkman or the barreling-to-the-basket moves by Shawn Samuels or Rodney Glenn, there’s the booming play-by-play PA announcements by Devin Thompson. And it’s not just the reading of the names of the players and what they did. It’s the emphasis of “Baulkman” or the drawn out and echoing of “slam dunk” that Thompson announces over the public address system at the new gymnasium. Even more notable, with a mature presence and an even more mature voice, Thompson is only a 15-year-old ninth-grader at Bainbridge High School. People have called Thompson “Golden Voice Junior,” but Thompson simply said, “I’m just Devin Thompson.” BHS Principal Tommie Howell said Thompson has accentuated the excitement of the Lady Cats’ and Bearcats’ successful basketball games this season because of his announcing abilities. “He’s got a gift,” Howell said. Thompson asked Howell when he first came to high school if he could read a thought of the day each morning over the school’s public address system. Howell, not knowing of Thompson’s ability, said he had to give him an audition. Thompson has been doing a thought of the day ever since. And when basketball season started, head coach Rickey McCullough approached Howell to see if the Bearcats could use Thompson to introduce the players before each game, announce the plays during the game and operate the public address system during the game, including playing music during warm-ups and halftime, Howell said. After Thompson did one of the Bearcats’ first games, Lady Cats head coach Latreisha Moon then asked if Thompson could do the girls’ games as well. Thompson said he didn’t know much about basketball, so he read a relatively thick book on the rules and what actions constitutes foul. Football is his favorite sport to watch, he said. He’s been approached to do some of the baseball games and perhaps even some of the Bearcats’ football games. I'm not a college student, but I have the potential to go forth with Journalism in my near future.