NSSA

Congratulations to seven-time NSSA Texas Sportscaster of the Year Eric Nadel.  He’s been elected to the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame and will be inducted in August.  Here’s T.R. Sullivan’s mlb.com story.

ROCHESTER, NY— 2012 Masters Champion Bubba Watson has been selected as the Hickok Belt Award winner for the month of April 2012.  Voting was conducted by a select national panel of members of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA).  Watson was selected based on his thrilling victory in the 2012 Masters in which he [...]

The lineup is set for the NSSA’s Coaches and Media: Relations & Relationships issues forum that will take place on the opening night of NSSA’s 53rd Annual Awards Weekend, June 9th.  Tom Penders, who coached seven college basketball programs, will serve on the panel, along with Ohio State radio play-by-play announcer Paul Keels (2011 Ohio [...]

A sixth author has been added to the NSSA Awards Weekend Book Signing to take place on June 10th as part of the 53rd Annual Awards Weekend.  Andrew Derr, a longtime NSSA member, just completed Life of Dreams: The Good Times of Sportswriter Fred Russell.  It’s a biography of NSSA Hall of Fame sportswriter Fred [...]

Virginia Tech Play-by-Play Announcer Visits Alma Mater By Priyanka Vohra (NSSA Syracuse University student chapter co-president) –  “I obviously fly for work a lot so I often think to myself, as broadcasters, we can learn a lot from airline pilots,” said Bill Roth, Virginia Tech’s ‘Voice of the Hokies.’ “You know, before every flight, pilots [...]

NSSA sends its condolences to the family of Carol Snow.   A former member of NSSA’s local Foundation Board, Snow passed away Saturday afternoon.  She had battled pancreatic cancer for 18 months.