Corcoran earns third-straight Sportscaster of the Year honor

The National Sports Media Association (NSMA) has named "Voice of the Griz" Riley Corcoran its Montana Sportscaster of the Year for a third-straight year, the organization announced Monday.

Corcoran is entering his fifth year as UM's play-by-play broadcaster, calling Griz football and men's basketball, as well as hosting radio and TV versions of the Grizzly Coaches Shows. He also calls Grizzly volleyball, softball and serves as emcee during the Grizzly Scholarship Association Spring Tour and Grizzly Auction.

The Billings native earned his first Sportscaster of the Year honor in 2019 and followed it up with a repeat win in 2020.

NSMA members provide up to three nominations each for their state's sportscaster of the year and sportswriter of the year, as well as the National Sportscaster of the Year and National Sportswriter of the Year.

Including Corcoran, the NSMA elected 108 state Sportscasters and Sportswriters of the Year from 49 states, plus the District of Columbia. Of those 108, 51 are first-time winners, including Jordan Hansen of the Missoulian, who was named the Montana Sportswriter of the Year.

The top two vote-getters in state races and top ten in national races are then placed on the final ballot, along with ten sportscaster finalists and ten sportswriter finalists for the Hall of Fame. Final ballots are emailed to members for voting throughout the month of December. Winners are notified by phone individually during the first week of January.

Corcoran and Hansen will both be honored during the 61st annual NSMA Awards Weekend, June 26-28, 2021 in Winston-Salem, N.C.

2020 NSMA Award Winners and 2021 NSMA Hall of Fame Inductees

*Deceased (# of times won in parentheses)

HALL OF FAME SPORTSCASTERS
*Bill King, Oakland A's/Raiders, SF Giants/Warriors
Jim Nantz, CBS
Dick Stockton, FOX, CBS, Turner

HALL OF FAME SPORTSWRITERS
Larry Merchant, Philadelphia Daily News, NY Post
*William Nack, Sports Illustrated
William C. Rhoden, New York Times
Rick Telander, Sports Illustrated, Chicago Sun-Times

NATIONAL SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Mike 'Doc' Emrick, NBC (4)

NATIONAL SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Nicole Auerbach, The Athletic (1)

ALABAMA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
J.D. Byars, Jaguar Sports Properties, Mobile (2)

ALABAMA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ben Thomas, AL.com, Mobile (1)

ARIZONA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Dave Pasch, Arizona Cardinals Radio Network, Phoenix (5)

ARIZONA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Doug Haller, The Athletic, Phoenix (4)
Kent Somers, Arizona Republic, Phoenix (4)

ARKANSAS SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Steve Sullivan, KATV-TV, Little Rock (6)

ARKANSAS SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Andrew Hutchinson, Hawgbeat.com, Fayetteville (1)

CALIFORNIA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Duane Kuiper, NBC Sports Bay Area, San Francisco (1)
Ted Leitner, Padres Radio Network, San Diego (1)**

CALIFORNIA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Bill Plaschke, LA Times, Los Angeles (1)

COLORADO SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Ryan Harris, Altitude Sports Radio, Denver (1)

COLORADO SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Nick Groke, The Athletic, Denver (1)

CONNECTICUT SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Erik Dobratz, WTNH-TV, New Haven (1)

CONNECTICUT SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Joe Morelli, HearstCT, New Haven (1)

DELAWARE SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Scott Klatzkin, Delaware Sports Properties, Wilmington (5)

DELAWARE SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Martin Frank, News Journal, Wilmington (2)

DC SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Dave Jageler, Nationals Radio Network, Washington (1)
John Walton, Capitals Radio Network, Washington (1)

DC SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Barry Svrulga, Washington Post, Washington (4)

FLORIDA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Eric Reid, Heat TV Network, Miami (3)

FLORIDA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Dave Hyde, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (4)

GEORGIA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Frank Sulkowski, WJCL, Savannah (1)

GEORGIA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Schultz, The Athletic, Atlanta (5)

HAWAII SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Rob DeMello, KHON2, Honolulu (3)

HAWAII SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Stephen Tsai, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu (8)

IDAHO SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Will Hall, KTVB-TV, Boise (1)

IDAHO SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
John Wustrow, Idaho Press, Nampa (1)

ILLINOIS SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Jason Benetti, NBC Sports Chicago, Chicago (1)

ILLINOIS SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune, Chicago (1)

INDIANA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
John Michael Vincent, 1070 The Fan, Indianapolis (1)

INDIANA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis (1)

IOWA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Mark Woodley, KWWL-TV, Waterloo (1)

IOWA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Tommy Birch, Des Moines Register, Des Moines (2)

KANSAS SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Wyatt Thompson, K-State Sports Properties, Manhattan (6)

KANSAS SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Rick Peterson, Jr., Hays Daily News, Hays (5)
Rick Peterson, Sr., Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka (1)

KENTUCKY SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Keith Farmer, WLEX-TV, Lexington (1)

KENTUCKY SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Kyle Tucker, The Athletic, Lexington (1)

LOUISIANA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Chris Blair, LSU Sports Properties, Baton Rouge (1)

LOUISIANA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Scooter Hobbs, American Press, Lake Charles (1)

MAINE SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Travis Lee, WMTW-TV, Portland (1)

MAINE SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Mike Lowe, Portland Press Herald, Portland (4)***

MARYLAND SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Johnny Holliday, Maryland Sports Radio Network, College Park (3)

MARYLAND SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Peter Schmuck, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore (7)

MASSACHUSETTS SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Joe Amorosino, WHDH-TV, Boston (2)
Dan Roche, WBZ-TV, Boston (3)

MASSACHUSETTS SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Peter Abraham, Boston Globe, Boston (1)

MICHIGAN SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
*Jamie Samuelson, 97.1 The Ticket, Detroit (1)

MICHIGAN SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, Detroit (2)

MINNESOTA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Cory Provus, Twins Radio Network, Minneapolis (2)

MINNESOTA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
*Sid Hartman, Star Tribune, Minneapolis (1)

MISSISSIPPI SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Matt Wyatt, Matt Wyatt Show, Jackson (1)

MISSISSIPPI SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today, Jackson (13)

MISSOURI SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Mitch Holthus, Chiefs Radio Network, Kansas City (1)^****

MISSOURI SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Dave Matter, Post-Dispatch, St. Louis (3)

MONTANA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Riley Corcoran, Grizzly Sports Properties, Missoula (3)

MONTANA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jordan Hansen, Missoulian, Missoula (1)

NEBRASKA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Motz, KFOR Radio, Lincoln (1)

NEBRASKA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Parker Gabriel, Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln (2)

NEVADA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Kevin Bollinger, KVVU-TV, Las Vegas (2)

NEVADA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ron Kantowski, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas (2)

NEW HAMPSHIRE SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Mike Murphy, Wildcat Sports Properties, Durham (8)

NEW HAMPSHIRE SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Roger Brown, Union Leader, Manchester (2)

NEW JERSEY SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Chris Carlin, Rutgers Sports Properties, Piscataway (2)

NEW JERSEY SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Steve Politi, NJ Advanced Media, Newark (3)

NEW MEXICO SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Van Tate, KRQE-TV, Albuquerque (12)

NEW MEXICO SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ken Sickenger, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque (1)

NEW YORK SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Kevin Maher, News 12 Long Island, Woodbury (1)

NEW YORK SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Rich Cimini, ESPN NY, New York (1)

NORTH CAROLINA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Stan Cotten, Wake Forest Sports Properties, Winston-Salem (5)
Gary Hahn, Wolfpack Sports Properties, Raleigh (2)

NORTH CAROLINA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ed Hardin, News & Record, Greensboro (5)

NORTH DAKOTA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Jody Norstedt, Midco Sports Network, Fargo (1)

NORTH DAKOTA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Greg DeVillers, Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks (7)

OHIO SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Dan Hoard, Radio voice - Cincinnati Bengals/Univ. of Cincinnati Bearcats, Cincinnati (4)

OHIO SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Justin Williams, The Athletic, Cincinnati (1)

OKLAHOMA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Pat Jones, The Sports Animal, Oklahoma City/Tulsa (1)

OKLAHOMA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Berry Tramel, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City (7)

OREGON SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Adam Bjaranson, KOIN-TV, Portland (1)
Orlando Sanchez, KGW-TV, Portland (1)

OREGON SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ken Goe, The Oregonian, Portland (1)

PENNSYLVANIA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Michael Barkann, NBC Sports Philadelphia, Philadelphia (8)

PENNSYLVANIA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Matt Gelb, The Athletic, Philadelphia (2)

RHODE ISLAND SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Nick Coit, WLNE-TV, Providence (3)
Yianni Kourakis, WPRI-TV, Providence (1)

RHODE ISLAND SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Bill Koch, Providence Journal (3)

SOUTH CAROLINA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Phil Kornblut, SC Radio Network, Columbia (7)

SOUTH CAROLINA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Grace Raynor, The Athletic, Clemson (3)

SOUTH DAKOTA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Tim Smith, KMIT Radio, Mitchell (3)

SOUTH DAKOTA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Brian Haenchen, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls (1)

TENNESSEE SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Pete Weber, Predators Radio Network, Nashville (8)

TENNESSEE SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Teresa Walker, Associated Press, Nashville (4)

TEXAS SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Josh Bogorad, Stars Radio Network, Dallas (1)

TEXAS SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman, Austin (6)

UTAH SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Scott Garrard, 97.5/1280 the Zone, Salt Lake City (1)

UTAH SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Tony Jones, The Athletic, Salt Lake City (2)

VERMONT SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
George Commo, Radio Vermont Group/Northeast Sports Network, Burlington (11)

VERMONT SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Alex Abrami, Burlington Free Press, Burlington (3)

VIRGINIA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Dave Koehn, Virginia Sports Radio Network, Charlottesville (1)

VIRGINIA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Mike Barber, Times Dispatch, Richmond (1)

WASHINGTON SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Dave Sims, Mariners/ROOT Sports Northwest, Seattle (3)

WASHINGTON SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Bob Condotta, Seattle Times, Seattle (1)

WEST VIRGINIA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Keith Morehouse, WSAZ-TV, Huntington (6)

WEST VIRGINIA SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Chuck McGill, Thundering Herd Illustrated/HerdZone.com, Huntington (9)

WISCONSIN SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Levering, Brewers Radio/TV Networks, Milwaukee (1)

WISCONSIN SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Adam McCalvy, MLB.com, Milwaukee (2)

WYOMING SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR
David Settle, KOWB Radio, Laramie (1)

WYOMING SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR
Michael Katz, WyoSports, Cheyenne/Laramie (1)
** Won one time in Oklahoma.
*** Won eight times in Kansas.

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