The Young Professor

The Young Professor Cast Director & Chief Potassium Enthusiast for The Savannah Bananas. Pro live event host (NHL, NASCAR, PPA Tour, and more). Sharp dressed man 🤵 Ladies. Gentlemen.

Boys and Girls... and Live Event Enthusiasts from around the world! The Young Professor Matt Graifer has been an a live event host, announcer, DJ and speaker for over a decade and has performed in front of more than 1,000,000 people in that time! He is best known as the Host/Chief Potassium Enthusiast for The Savannah Bananas, and he has also announced for NASCAR at the 2022 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at

the Daytona International Speedway. He began his sports career as a professional wrestling ring announcer, before adding MMA, boxing, and then team sports event hosting to his repertoire, working for teams and events like the Daytona Tortugas MiLB team, the Jacksonville Sharks arena football team, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Men's/Women's Basketball teams, the NXL Paintball World Cup, and many more. The Young Professor (aka Matt Graifer) was ACTUALLY that: a young professor! At the age of 25, he started as a professor of an exercise science program where he taught 25 separate collegiate level courses over a nearly 8 year span. He then spent several years as a high school social studies teacher. The Daytona Beach News Journal named him Best Live Entertainer in 2018 and in 2022 he was named one of the 40 Under Forty for the same newspaper. The Professor maintains a remarkably busy schedule, but is always interested in new, exciting opportunities. If you or someone you know is in need of a host, DJ, or motivational speaker for your event: you'd be hard pressed to find someone more experienced, better dressed, or more FUN than the one and only Young Professor!

Fenway Park : we’re here.The Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters on ESPN
07/05/2025

Fenway Park : we’re here.

The Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters on ESPN

View from the office this morning: Fenway Park
07/04/2025

View from the office this morning: Fenway Park

07/03/2025

On Episode 86 of , the one and only Chris Van Vliet was asked about his experience with us at The Savannah Bananas game when we visited Angel Stadium in Anaheim.

Check out his thoughts and make sure you follow CVV, The Bananas, Banana Ball , The Young Professor, and all things wrestling and entertainment!

⚾️ ✈️ BOSTON BOUND✈️ ⚾️ Heading up to Beantown for a pair of games with The Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters at one ...
07/03/2025

⚾️ ✈️ BOSTON BOUND✈️ ⚾️

Heading up to Beantown for a pair of games with The Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters at one of the most iconic sports venues in the world: Fenway Park .

Who’s coming out to a game this weekend? Hoping for a Wally the Green Monster sighting 👀

🗓️ MID YEAR STATS🗓️ Since 2021, I have put together a bi-annual assessment of my progress as a performer. The goal every...
07/02/2025

🗓️ MID YEAR STATS🗓️

Since 2021, I have put together a bi-annual assessment of my progress as a performer. The goal every year is the same: keep growing, keep finding ways to do more, and never stay complacent.

From an impact standpoint, 2025 is the biggest yet by far. Larger venues in front of more fans means that I’ve been able to have an in-person impact on nearly 1,000,000 people already, just in 6 months.

Event numbers, podcasts, and other ancillary appearances are down, but the things I do show up on are more significant than before.

The publication of my book has been a struggle since 2023. I wrote and submitted a first draft, the company I was working with went bankrupt and stole my money as a result, and now with my hectic pace of life: I’ve been struggling to finish my edits and get this thing done. It’s still a goal… but I need to really find a way to get refocused and back in the lab.

All in all: 2025 is going down as a mixed year so far. Professionally, it’s probably the best yet. Personally: it has been challenging with all teenagers in the house, the passing of my dad, and my struggle with finding the discipline and drive to be healthier.

However, it is GOOD to reflect intentionally like this. You can’t measure progress or analyze areas for growth if you never stop to reflect, and at the beginning of July each year I stop to do so.

I see the areas for growth… and there is so much more to do this year. Check back around 12/31 to see how the full year shakes out 🗣️🎙️

In case you missed the slap heard round the world: I present to you Stunt Marshall at Power Slap
06/29/2025

In case you missed the slap heard round the world: I present to you Stunt Marshall at Power Slap

Grateful for another weekend under the bright lights 🙏 Banana Nation: thanks for always being so cool, even on the hotte...
06/29/2025

Grateful for another weekend under the bright lights 🙏

Banana Nation: thanks for always being so cool, even on the hottest days

The guys keep saying we look alike… but I just don’t see the bully resemblance.The Man in the Arena 🤝 The Man in the Are...
06/28/2025

The guys keep saying we look alike… but I just don’t see the bully resemblance.

The Man in the Arena 🤝 The Man in the Arena

Day 2 of games in our nation’s capital .The Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters
06/28/2025

Day 2 of games in our nation’s capital .

The Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters

We’re live, pal.
06/28/2025

We’re live, pal.

My guy Stunt Marshall is absolutely DEADLY 😮Congrats to the homie for putting on an absolute
06/28/2025

My guy Stunt Marshall is absolutely DEADLY 😮

Congrats to the homie for putting on an absolute

It’s game day in DC, and it’s also , so here’s me celebrating both 🕶️
06/27/2025

It’s game day in DC, and it’s also , so here’s me celebrating both 🕶️

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