ESPN Intern from Mission Viejo Wins Award

He's been working for NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer at ESPN since his freshman year. Now Joey Roberts of Mission Viejo is taking home a sports award from Trinity College, his alma mater.

Since he arrived on campus, Roberts has thrown himself into various sports reporting projects. For ESPN, he showed off his talents as a writer, editor, videographer and on-air talent, producing more than 100 videos that were seen more than 140,000 times on YouTube.

Last year he interned with the San Francisco 49ers as a statistical research assistant to the team’s general manager.

Trinity gave Roberts the Silver award, named after a man who died during a Vietnam bombing mission. The award is given each year to a non-athlete involved in sports.

Roberts started his own scholarship with the help of ESPN journalist Chris Mortensen in 2007 called the “Joey and Mort $500 High School Scholarship,” given to the Mission Viejo football player of coach Bob Johnson’s choosing who best exemplifies the qualities of a student of the game and of a great teammate.