HeatWaved Staff Writer Of The Week: Gabe Encinas

The staff at HeatWaved is hard-working and dedicated. Our staff gives their time, talent and passion to bring the readers of HeatWaved great content everyday.  In an effort to recognice those continuing effort we launch our weekly award, HeatWaved Staff Writer Of The Week.

Our first winner is Gabe Encinas.  Gabe contributes to HeatWaved several times a week writing about the Arizona Wildcats football and basketball programs. He is a passionate fan a talented writer and we are proud to have him as part of the HeatWaved team.

We wanted you to get to know Gabe too, so we asked him a few questions.

We hope you enjoy his interview.

HW: Tell the readers of HeatWaved a little about yourself.

"Encinas: I’m currently a full-time student at The University of Arizona studying accounting and sports management. I am also the Marketing Director of the best student section in the country, the ZonaZoo. I cover all the social media platforms. for ZonaZoo and work on in-game promotions and atmosphere for both football and basketball."

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HW: Why did you chose to write for HeatWaved?

"Encinas: I chose to write for Heatwaved because I wanted to be on a big media outlet. I also really liked the balance and the direction of HeatWaved when I decided to apply. I’ve been very satisfied with the editors and staff writers."

HW: What do you like about writing for HeatWaved?

"Encinas: I love being able to share my thoughts to try to give an honest assessment of the Wildcats. That translates into credibility, which often results in more article views and shares on social media. The HeatWaved community and regular readers are great, I love writing for them and new readers that come along as well."

HW: What was you favorite post form the last week?

"Encinas: My favorite post from last week was my “Arizona Wildcats Still Alive For Pac-12 South” article. It’s exciting to see where we are now compared to the expectations Arizona fans had going into the season. The Territorial Cup will decide who finishes with 10 wins this season, with a Pac-12 South Championship/BCS Bowl bid on the line. Every week the media experts picks against Arizona and we just keep winning. But that’s none of our business."

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Gabe Encinas is a student who is using his time at HeatWaved to gain experience writing for a large sport network. Other members of our staff are also students, fans and professional from other fields.  Although they come from all walks of life they have one thing in common, they are all passionate Arizona sports fans.

If you would like to try writing for a major sports network, FanSided would like to talk to you.  Just go to the top of the page click on “about” and follow the instructions under write for HeatWaved. We would love to have more passionate fans join are dedicated staff.