Alex Marinski was fresh coming into the Wild Things at the start of their 2024 season as an Account Executive and the On-Field Emcee. He is no stranger to the organization: the Washington local was a multimedia intern and an emcee during the 2023 season. 2025 will be his second season as a full-time staff member.
Alex attended Washington High School, where he did a number of sports and theatrical shows. He has spent most of his life playing sports including baseball, football, soccer, tennis and a has found a new love for pickleball. After graduation in 2020 from Wash High, Alex went on to attend Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania as a strategic communications and social media major. At Westminster, Alex participated in many different activities such as clubs, organizations and Greek like. Alex homed in on his skills for the Wild Things by working for the schools marketing and admission departments.
He has also held down gigs as a slide monitor at Washington Park Pool, floor staff at Regal Cinemas, Iron Blast's Game Zone and Spencer's Gifts, as a host at Solomons Seafood and was an intern at the Washington County Planning Department. He participated in 10 years of baseball, three years of soccer, two years of tennis, four years of ultimate frisbee and a couple years of pee-wee football.
Outside of the Wild Things, Alex is an active sports participant, gamer, a lover of all Pittsburgh teams, and most likely is spending time with his three cats: Wiz Cat-lifa, Cat-rick Swayze and Mando. He is ranked Platinum as a Tank in Overwatch 2, thinks Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is the best in the franchise and loves the Fallout franchise. Some of Alex’s favorite shows and movies are The Office, The Cat in the Hat (the live action Mike Myers version), The Mandalorian and the Back to the Future Trilogy.
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