University of Delaware Athletics
Matt Janus Named as Delaware Sportscaster of the Year
1/18/2018 6:09:00 PM | Football, Women's Basketball, Delaware Athletics
NEWARK, Del. – For the second time in his career, the National Sports Media Association has named Blue Hens broadcaster Matt Janus as the Delaware Sportscaster of the Year.
The 2007 University of Delaware graduate has spent the past 11 years on the 94.7 WDSD football radio crew and is currently amidst his ninth season calling Blue Hens women's basketball on Fox Sports 1290 AM and 1410 WDOV.
Additionally, the 34-year-old calls play-by-play for the nationally televised CAA Football Game of the Week on Fox College Sports and women's basketball for both the CAA and on the BIG EAST's Digital Package.
Janus, who previously won the award in 2014, has been a staple within the Wilmington Blue Rocks organization for nearly two decades serving the marketing, new media and broadcasting departments.
The NSMA is an organization of more than 1,000 members that honors excellence in the industry, while passing along knowledge and history in the crafts of sportscasting and sportswriting through the generations.
The News Journal's Kevin Tresolini claimed NSMA Delaware Sportswriter of the Year honors for the 11th time.
Janus and Tresolini will join National Sportscaster of the Year Kevin Harlan of CBS and Turner Sports and National Sportswriter of the Year Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, along with all of the other state victors, will be honored at the 59th Annual NSSA Awards Weekend, June 23-25, 2018 in Winston-Salem, NC.
Portions of this release courtesy of the Wilmington Blue Rocks
MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Hayon, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 302-379-9182
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