Jan 13, 2014
10/11’s Kevin Sjuts Named Sportscaster of the Year
Category: Station News
10/11 Sports Director Kevin Sjuts has been named Nebraska’s 2013 “Sportscaster of the Year” by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association & Hall of Fame.
Sjuts joined the 10/11 Sports team in 2005 as the weekend sports anchor and soon earned the title of Sports Director. He has covered some of Nebraska’s biggest sports stories, including the Big Ten switch, the Husker Athletic Director change, the firing of Bill Callahan, followed by the hiring of Bo Pelini, and championships for each of the NSAA high school sports. The 10/11 Sports Team has taken home numerous Associated Press sports awards during Sjuts’ tenure. 10/11 Sports also won the Nebraska Broadcasters’ Association’s “Best Sportscast” honor in two of the last four years.
“We’re so lucky to have Kevin on our team,” said 10/11 News Director Stephanie Hedrick. “He’s truly passionate about what he does – and I think viewers see that.”
10/11’s weekly half-hour high school sports show, 10/11 PrepZone Weekly, began production & aired under Sjuts’ leadership in 2010. The show was the first of its kind in the market, and covers a wide range of prep sports. By 2011, the show garnered a “Best Sports Special” award from the Great Plains Associated Press.
In addition to his regular anchoring/reporting duties, Sjuts has done color commentary for Nebraska’s High School State Basketball tournaments and emceed Football Fridays for the Nebraska Alumni Association. He is also a tireless volunteer for community events, including those for Special Olympics Nebraska and the Nebraska Sports Council.
“I’m incredibly honored,” said Sjuts. “There are many deserving sportscasters across the state. I’m blessed to work in a state that puts sports in such a high regard and blessed to work for a station that has shown me constant support. I go to work every day doing a job I love.”
More about Gray Television:
We are a television broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that owns and/or operates television stations and leading digital assets in dozens of markets across the country. Upon completion of all previously announced and pending transactions, we will own and/or operate television stations in 40 television markets broadcasting a total of 124 distinct channels of programming, including 72 channels affiliated with one of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC). At that time, our owned and/or operated stations will include twenty-six channels affiliated with the CBS Network, twenty-two channels affiliated with the NBC Network, fourteen channels affiliated with the ABC Network and ten channels affiliated with the FOX Network. We will then own and/or operate the number-one ranked television station in 29 of the 40 markets and the number-one or number-two ranked television station operations in 39 of 40 markets. We will reach approximately 7.3 percent of total United States television households.
Sjuts joined the 10/11 Sports team in 2005 as the weekend sports anchor and soon earned the title of Sports Director. He has covered some of Nebraska’s biggest sports stories, including the Big Ten switch, the Husker Athletic Director change, the firing of Bill Callahan, followed by the hiring of Bo Pelini, and championships for each of the NSAA high school sports. The 10/11 Sports Team has taken home numerous Associated Press sports awards during Sjuts’ tenure. 10/11 Sports also won the Nebraska Broadcasters’ Association’s “Best Sportscast” honor in two of the last four years.
“We’re so lucky to have Kevin on our team,” said 10/11 News Director Stephanie Hedrick. “He’s truly passionate about what he does – and I think viewers see that.”
10/11’s weekly half-hour high school sports show, 10/11 PrepZone Weekly, began production & aired under Sjuts’ leadership in 2010. The show was the first of its kind in the market, and covers a wide range of prep sports. By 2011, the show garnered a “Best Sports Special” award from the Great Plains Associated Press.
In addition to his regular anchoring/reporting duties, Sjuts has done color commentary for Nebraska’s High School State Basketball tournaments and emceed Football Fridays for the Nebraska Alumni Association. He is also a tireless volunteer for community events, including those for Special Olympics Nebraska and the Nebraska Sports Council.
“I’m incredibly honored,” said Sjuts. “There are many deserving sportscasters across the state. I’m blessed to work in a state that puts sports in such a high regard and blessed to work for a station that has shown me constant support. I go to work every day doing a job I love.”
More about Gray Television:
We are a television broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that owns and/or operates television stations and leading digital assets in dozens of markets across the country. Upon completion of all previously announced and pending transactions, we will own and/or operate television stations in 40 television markets broadcasting a total of 124 distinct channels of programming, including 72 channels affiliated with one of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC). At that time, our owned and/or operated stations will include twenty-six channels affiliated with the CBS Network, twenty-two channels affiliated with the NBC Network, fourteen channels affiliated with the ABC Network and ten channels affiliated with the FOX Network. We will then own and/or operate the number-one ranked television station in 29 of the 40 markets and the number-one or number-two ranked television station operations in 39 of 40 markets. We will reach approximately 7.3 percent of total United States television households.
