Get to Know: Sports Reporter Nick Mantas
Nicholas Mantas, "Nick" for short, is an award-winning sports reporter, anchor, shooter, editor, and producer. He enjoys researching stories, covering breaking news, and being a team player who’s eager to learn from his coworkers. He is skilled at using Premiere, Edius, Avid, and ENPS. He enjoys getting to know coaches and players intimately and bringing their heartfelt stories to a wider audience.
Nick caught the broadcast sports bug in San Francisco, working for the PAC-12 Network as a replay operator, stage manager, studio camera operator, and numerous other positions.
He wanted to do more which led him to the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University where he graduated with a master’s degree specializing in sports journalism.
His first on-air position was at KTXS-TV in Abilene, Texas as the Sports Anchor & Reporter where he produced, shot, edited, anchored, and reported on sports stories all over West Texas. Working in a small market was great training because he got to do it all, reporting on three football games on Friday night, anchoring sports segments on Saturdays and Sundays, Sunday night producing and anchoring a 30-minute sports show, and packaging two sports stories on Mondays and Tuesdays.
In December 2019, he was hired as a Sports Anchor and Reporter for WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan. The Covid pandemic gave him a chance to cover breaking news on campus at Michigan State and tell stories of the emotional impact of COVID-19 throughout the community. Their coverage won the 2020 & 2021 Michigan Association of Broadcasters Best Sports Award and the Associated Press in Michigan 2020 & 2021 Best Sports Coverage Award for Friday night high school football shows.
After a short stint working as a Sports Updates Anchor with iHeart Radio, Nick returned to TV as a Sports Reporter for KSAT-12 News in August 2023 where he currently shoots, edits, reports, and fills in as an anchor.
Nick graduated from the University of Arizona with an undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies focused on strength and conditioning coaching. While there he interned as a strength and conditioning coach for the Wildcats' football and basketball teams, and after graduation at the University of San Francisco.
He is a proud native of Brookline, Massachusetts, where he was inducted into the National Honor Society and played football and lacrosse. He is a devout New England sports fan.