National Sports Media Association Announces 2017 Hall Of Famers, Honors Kevin Harlan As Sportscaster Of The Year

Honors

The NATIONAL SPORTS MEDIA ASSOCIATION has named its 2017 Hall of Fame honorees, including WASHINGTON POST columnist THOMAS BOSWELL, longtime UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA football and basketball radio voice WOODY DURHAM, HBO "REAL SPORTS" host BRYANT GUMBEL, and former NEW YORK DAILY NEWS and PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS basketball and football columnist DICK "HOOPS" WEISS. 

The NSMA also announced that WESTWOOD ONE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, CBS NFL and college basketball, and TURNER SPORTS NBA broadcaster KEVIN HARLAN is its 2017 National Sportscaster of the Year.  In addition, ESPN's ADRIAN WOJNAROWSKI was named 2017 National Sportswriter of the Year.

State Sportscasters of the Year include:

• ALABAMA: JIM DUNAWAY, CUMULUS Sports WJOX and CBS affiliate WIAT-TV/BIRMINGHAM
• ARIZONA: DAVE PASCH, ARIZONA CARDINALS RADIO NETWORK
• ARKANSAS: PHIL ELSON, RAZORBACK SPORTS NETWORK/FOX SPORTS ARKANSAS/HENDERSON STATE U
• CALIFORNIA: MIKE KRUKOW, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS/NBC SPORTS BAY AREA/CUMULUS Sports KNBR-A/SAN FRANCISCO
• COLORADO: DAVE LOGAN, DENVER BRONCOS/iHEARTMEDIA News-Talk KOA-A-K231BQ-K231AA/DENVER
• CONNECTICUT: JOHN PIERSON, ABC affiliate WTNH-TV/NEW HAVEN
• DELAWARE: MATT JANUS, WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS/iHEARTMEDIA Country WDSD/DOVER
• DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: JOE BENINATI, WASHINGTON CAPITALS/NBC SPORTS WASHINGTON
• FLORIDA: ERIC REID, MIAMI HEAT/FOX SPORTS SUN
• GEORGIA: WES DURHAM, ATLANTA FALCONS RADIO NETWORK/FOX SPORTS
• HAWAII: KANOA LEAHEY, SPECTRUM SPORTS/PACIFIC RADIO GROUP Sports KMVI-A (ESPN 900)/KAHULUI, MAUI
• IDAHO: CHRIS KING, LEARFIELD IDAHO VANDALS SPORTS PROPERTIES/TRI-CITY DUST DEVILS
• ILLINOIS: MARK GIANGRECO, ABC O&O WLS-TV (ABC 7)/CHICAGO and PAT HUGHES, CHICAGO CUBS/ENTERCOM Sports WSCR-A (670 THE SCORE)/CHICAGO
• INDIANA: DON FISCHER, LEARFIELD INDIANA HOOSIER RADIO NETWORK
• IOWA: KEITH MURPHY, NBC affiliate WHO-TV/DES MOINES
• KANSAS: WYATT THOMPSON, LEARFIELD K-STATE RADIO NETWORK
• KENTUCKY: TOM LANE, FOX affiliate WDRB-TV/LOUISVILLE
• LOUISIANA: JACQUES DOUCET, CBS affiliate WAFB-TV/BATON ROUGE
• MAINE: RICH KIMBALL, LEARFIELD BLACK BEAR SPORTS PROPERTIES
• MARYLAND: MARK VIVIANO, CBS O&O WJZ-TV/BALTIMORE
• MASSACHUSETTS: DAN ROCHE, CBS O&O WBZ-TV/BOSTON
• MICHIGAN: JACK EBLING, MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS Sports WQTX (92.1 THE TEAM) and FOX affiliate WSYM-TV (FOX 47)/LANSING
• MINNESOTA: JOHN FOCKE, MINNESOTA LYNX and MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES/FOX SPORTS NORTH
• MISSISSIPPI: ROB JAY, JACKSON STATE RADIO NETWORK and ALPHA MEDIA Sports WRKS (ESPN 105.9 THE ZONE)/JACKSON
• MISSOURI: MIKE KELLY, MISSOURI TIGER RADIO NETWORK
• MONTANA: JAY SANDERSON, LEARFIELD MONTANA STATE SPORTS NETWORK
• NEBRASKA: GREG SHARPE, HUSKER IMG SPORTS NETWORK and KEVIN SJUTS, CBS affiliate KOLN-TV/LINCOLN-KGIN-TV/HASTINGS (10/11)
• NEVADA: AMBER DIXON, NBC affiliate KSNV-TV/LAS VEGAS
• NEW HAMPSHIRE: MIKE MURPHY, LEARFIELD WILDCAST SPORTS PROPERTIES
• NEW JERSEY: TOM WILLIAMS, PRIME EVENTS, OCEAN CITY, NJ
• NEW MEXICO: JACK NIXON, LEARFIELD NEW MEXICO STATE RADIO NETWORK
• NEW YORK: BRUCE BECK, NBC O&O WNBC-TV (NBC 4)/NEW YORK
• NORTH CAROLINA: STAN COTTEN, WAKE FOREST IMG SPORTS NETWORK
• NORTH DAKOTA: BRAD ANDERSON, MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS Sports KNFL-A (740 THE FAN)/FARGO
• OHIO: DAN HOARD, CINCINNATI BENGALS/CINCINNATI IMG SPORTS NETWORKS
• OKLAHOMA: DENNIS HIGGINS, TULSA DRILLERS RADIO
• OREGON: JERRY ALLEN, OREGON IMG SPORTS NETWORK
• PENNSYLVANIA: MARC ZUMOFF, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS/NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA
• RHODE ISLAND: NICK COIT, ABC affiliate WLNE-TV/PROVIDENCE
• SOUTH CAROLINA: SCOTT EISBERG, WCIV-DT2 (ABC 4)/CHARLESTON
• SOUTH DAKOTA: DELLAS COLE, BROOKINGS RADIO/BROOKINGS, SD
• TENNESSEE: PETE PRANICA, FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST/MEMPHIS
• TEXAS: BRAD SHAM, DALLAS COWBOYS RADIO NETWORK
• UTAH: ALEMA HARRINGTON, ROOT SPORTS
• VERMONT: ERIN COFIELL, ABC affiliate WVNY-TV (ABC22)-FOX affiliate WFFF-TV (FOX 44)/BURLINGTON
• VIRGINIA: WES MCELROY, iHEARTMEDIA Sports WRNL-A (FOX SPORTS 910)/RICHMOND
• WASHINGTON: BROCK HUARD, BONNEVILLE Sports KIRO-A (710 ESPN)/SEATTLE
• WEST VIRGINIA: STEVE COTTON, MARSHALL IMG SPORTS NETWORK
• WISCONSIN: BRIAN ANDERSON, FOX SPORTS WISCONSIN
• WYOMING: KEITH KELLEY, MONTGOMERY BROADCASTING Sports KFBC-A/CHEYENNE

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