Intern Chronicles: National Intern Day 2025
In celebrating National Intern Day today, our Communications intern checks in with her predecessors to see how their ESPN experience helped their careers
EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again this summer, Front Row’s Intern Chronicles series showcases some of ESPN’s summer interns. For more information on ESPN Internships, visit the Disney Careers site
This summer, ESPN welcomed 39 interns across the U.S. in its 2025 cohort.
Read on to find out about the past Communications interns who once stood in their shoes to celebrate National Intern Day.
MIKE SOLTYS
JOSH KRULEWITZ
Soltys hired UConn alum Krulewitz as an ESPN Communications intern in the summers of 1990 and 1991. Krulewitz joined ESPN on a full-time basis in July 1992 and now serves as Executive Vice President of ESPN Communications.
“I learned so much about what it means to work as part of a team in a corporate setting, how to raise your hand and try to get involved in every learning opportunity and to enjoy the incredibly fun environment,” said Krulewitz. “We are very lucky to work in sports.”
KATERRA BREWER
As a beat writer for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky at Sports Illustrated, Brewer took her experience at ESPN in the summer of 2022 directly to the sidelines.
Because she was allowed to “float around” and shadow her ESPN colleagues, Brewer “got a feel into everything,” she said, which helped her in her future endeavors.
NICOLE CAPORASO
University of North Carolina alum Caporaso brought the skills she learned in the summer of 2017 interning for ESPN to the NHL. As the league’s Manager of Social Media Programs, she manages the 64 Live Social Contributors, TikTok strategy and more.
“My internship prepared me for my current role as it gave me experience working with different people across many different departments in a large company,” said Caporaso. “It also got me used to creating work that would be public-facing.”
ASHLEY HATSTADT
The author of Soltys’s “first intern” profile, Hatstadt was the Communications intern in 2023. Currently an investment banking analyst at Exos Financial, another of Hatstadt’s “Intern Chronicles” interviews remains featured on ESPN.com.
“Being surrounded by encouragement in the workplace is such a special feeling,” the former Cornell squash star said. “I will always be thankful to coworkers who saw potential in me.”
MARCUS LYNAM
Lynam turned his 2010 internship into a full-time job at ESPN before landing at the Premier League, where he serves as Head of U.S. Marketing & Fan Activation.
“What I took away from that first summer is that it’s such a great opportunity to work [at ESPN], especially being so young as an intern,” the UConn alum said. “You’re being exposed to the best of the best, and it really sets you up for success in the future.”
