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11/22/2012
Bogaczyk, Cotton Finalists for Prestigious Media Awards
Herd duo recognized
08/16/2012
WCHS/WVAH-TV to Become the Television Home for Marshall Athletics
New TV deal to benefit Thundering Herd
07/13/2012
Notebook: It's Another `Young' Thundering Herd
The Word on the Herd-July 13, 2012
06/27/2012
IMG College Gives Herd a Multimedia Smorgasbord
The Word on the Herd-June 27, 2012
05/14/2012
Bogaczyk: An Introduction to
Veteran journalist's first entry on HerdZone.com
Cotton, a native of Kalkaska, Mich., graduated from the University of Florida in 1987 and earned a masters degree in journalism from Marshall in 1995.
He has been honored as the West Virginia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportwriters and Sportscasters association an impressive eight times in his career.
Cotton joined the Thundering Herd Network in 1993 and served three years as the color analyst before taking over as the school's play-by-play announcer and host of the Greg White and Bob Pruett Call-in Shows in 1996.
While a student at Florida, Cotton served as a play-by-play announcer for the Gator baseball team in 1986 and 1987. He was honored by the Florida Sportscasters Association for the state's best radio feature of 1986 and was the recipient of the 1987 "Red Barber Award," which is given annually to WRUF-AM/FM's top all-around broadcasting student. He then moved on as a play-by-play announcer at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., from 1987-91, during which time the Eagles won two NAIA national football championships. Cotton also served as the school's sports information director from 1989-91. He returned to his alma mater to broadcast games for the Lady Gator basketball team in 1992-93 before moving to Huntington.