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Chuck McGill, Steve Cotton
Marshall's Cotton, McGill Win State Awards Yet Again
1/14/2019 3:00:00 PM | General
Thundering Herd duo named West Virginia’s top sportscaster, sportswriter
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two members of the Marshall University athletic department external team were honored by the National Sports Media Association, the organization announced Monday.
Steve Cotton, the Voice of the Thundering Herd, has been named the NSMA West Virginia Sportscaster of the Year for 2018. Cotton, who joined Marshall's radio broadcast team in 1993, won for a state record 13th time.
Chuck McGill, Marshall's assistant athletic director for fan/donor engagement and communications, was named the NSMA West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year. McGill won for the seventh time in eight years, including a record-setting sixth consecutive award.
"We are lucky two have two of the best in the business as part of our family here at Marshall," said Mike Hamrick, the school's Director of Athletics. "They are honored often because they have established a reputation for the quality of their work and their professionalism. They are great messengers for our athletic department, and we are excited to see them receive deserved recognition this summer."
Cotton and McGill have been invited to the NSMA's annual awards banquet, which will be held June 22-24 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The banquet will also honor four Hall of Fame inductees: Doc Emrick (broadcaster), Bob Ley (broadcaster), Peter King (sportswriter) and Tony Kornheiser (sportswriter). The NSMA National Broadcaster of the Year is Doris Burke, a college football and NBA analyst and reporter for ESPN. The National Sportswriter of the Year is Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN's Senior NBA Insider.
Cotton has been the primary MU athletics radio play-by-play man since 1996. The 54-year-old Michigan native won his first NSMA award in 1998. The organization was then known as the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, or NSSA. Cotton also took home the state's sportscaster prize in 2001, 2003-06, 2008-10, 2014 and 2016-17. He is the all-time leader in state Sportscaster of the Year awards by the NSMA, ahead of Jack Fleming's nine and Keith Morehouse's five.
Cotton will share this year's honor with Tony Caridi, West Virginia University's play-by-play announcer on the Mountaineer Sports Network.
McGill, 38, left a career in newspapers to join the Marshall athletic department in July of 2016. He provides feature content for the school's official athletics website, HerdZone.com, and the official athletic publication of Marshall athletics, Thundering Herd Illustrated. He is the first sportscaster or sportswriter to win six consecutive NSMA awards in West Virginia history.
"We take a lot of pride in telling our story nationwide," said Aaron Goebbel, MU's Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs. "The way to rally a fan base is to tell your story and share the experiences of your athletic programs with your followers. We have two of the best storytellers in the industry. Steve and Chuck are a huge part of our external vision and I am glad they are part of the Thundering Herd family."
The NSMA began handing out awards in 1959. The first West Virginia winners were Jack Fleming, who at the time worked for WAJR in Morgantown, and Dick Hudson, the longtime sports editor of the Charleston Daily Mail.
Steve Cotton, the Voice of the Thundering Herd, has been named the NSMA West Virginia Sportscaster of the Year for 2018. Cotton, who joined Marshall's radio broadcast team in 1993, won for a state record 13th time.
Chuck McGill, Marshall's assistant athletic director for fan/donor engagement and communications, was named the NSMA West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year. McGill won for the seventh time in eight years, including a record-setting sixth consecutive award.
"We are lucky two have two of the best in the business as part of our family here at Marshall," said Mike Hamrick, the school's Director of Athletics. "They are honored often because they have established a reputation for the quality of their work and their professionalism. They are great messengers for our athletic department, and we are excited to see them receive deserved recognition this summer."
Cotton and McGill have been invited to the NSMA's annual awards banquet, which will be held June 22-24 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The banquet will also honor four Hall of Fame inductees: Doc Emrick (broadcaster), Bob Ley (broadcaster), Peter King (sportswriter) and Tony Kornheiser (sportswriter). The NSMA National Broadcaster of the Year is Doris Burke, a college football and NBA analyst and reporter for ESPN. The National Sportswriter of the Year is Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN's Senior NBA Insider.
Cotton has been the primary MU athletics radio play-by-play man since 1996. The 54-year-old Michigan native won his first NSMA award in 1998. The organization was then known as the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, or NSSA. Cotton also took home the state's sportscaster prize in 2001, 2003-06, 2008-10, 2014 and 2016-17. He is the all-time leader in state Sportscaster of the Year awards by the NSMA, ahead of Jack Fleming's nine and Keith Morehouse's five.
Cotton will share this year's honor with Tony Caridi, West Virginia University's play-by-play announcer on the Mountaineer Sports Network.
McGill, 38, left a career in newspapers to join the Marshall athletic department in July of 2016. He provides feature content for the school's official athletics website, HerdZone.com, and the official athletic publication of Marshall athletics, Thundering Herd Illustrated. He is the first sportscaster or sportswriter to win six consecutive NSMA awards in West Virginia history.
"We take a lot of pride in telling our story nationwide," said Aaron Goebbel, MU's Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs. "The way to rally a fan base is to tell your story and share the experiences of your athletic programs with your followers. We have two of the best storytellers in the industry. Steve and Chuck are a huge part of our external vision and I am glad they are part of the Thundering Herd family."
The NSMA began handing out awards in 1959. The first West Virginia winners were Jack Fleming, who at the time worked for WAJR in Morgantown, and Dick Hudson, the longtime sports editor of the Charleston Daily Mail.
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