"Knights baseball: Kevin Burke is creating his own voice as play-by-play man"

Then Burke landed an internship with IMG College, the group responsible for the Virginia Tech radio and television broadcasts.

He would be working with Roth.

"He's the guy I try to emulate in nearly every broadcast," Burke said. "I'm nowhere near his standard right now."

Roth cautioned Burke that to break big in the business takes talent and knowing the right people.

Roth told him to relax and have fun with the broadcasts and emphasized the importance of doing research before the games and to have some stories at the ready.

"You're talking to people that you can't see and they can't see what's going on, so you've got to tell them that story," Burke said.

"He just gave me a lot of lessons to put forward in my career."