As anchor of the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. sports broadcasts on WRAL-TV (CBS) in Raleigh, Gravley, 41, won the Emmys for his coverage of the 2004 NFC Championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Carolina Panthers, and his reporting from the “K-Academy,” a basketball fantasy camp at Duke University. One week later he won a Miller Lite Motorsports Journalism Award of Excellence, one of only four awards given each year.

As a student at NC State, his favorite classes were video production and public speaking. Classes that prepared him for the real world “We didn’t just read about it and write papers in class, we went into the studio and used cameras and actually shot and edited our own video,” he says. “That is just invaluable.”

By the time he earned an internship at WRAL as a senior, Gravley had mastered the basics. “When I came here as an intern, I already knew the concepts of shooting film and editing. I was ready to go.”

Although this Oxford, NC native was told he wouldn’t make it in front of the camera, Gravley toiled endlessly, honing his interviewing skills, perfecting his editing skills, even returning to NC State in 1994 for voice training. That hard work paid off a year later when Gravley was named sports anchor of WRAL’S new 10 P.M. newscast

It’s another example of the academic strength and success of students at North Carolina State University. From the long list of national competitive scholarship winners to the ever-rising average SAT score of incoming freshman, NC State attracts some of the most talented and motivated students from all 50 states and 110 countries. Educating students for the 21st century and inspiring future leaders – NC State: Achieve!