Phone: 317-846-6601
Fax: 317-575-4244 Website:
www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA
ADVISORY
Contact:
Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director
E-Mail:
jbaker@ihsaa.org
TOM BYRUM NAMED
DISTRICT II MEDIA SERVICE AWARD WINNER
Tom Byrum, sportswriter for the News-Gazette in
Byrum
will be honored on
This is the 21st year the IHSAA has recognized an outstanding
member of the
Tom is a
life-long resident of
He started
his journalistic career as a high school football and basketball color analyst
for WIUC Radio in 1976. His broadcast
career now includes, in addition to his color analyst duties on WZZY, a
Saturday morning coaches show, the Randolph County Roundup.
In addition
to his writing and broadcasting duties, Tom has served as Program Director for
the
Tom and his
wife of 28 years,
On behalf
of its 398 member schools, the Indiana High School Athletic Association is
pleased to salute Tom Byrum and recognize his
dedicated service to high school athletics in the state of
Past
recipients of the Distinguished Media Service Award from District II include:
Hilliard Gates, WKJG-TV, Fort Wayne, 1984-85
Leroy Lambright,
Bob Ford,
Jim Costin, Fort Wayne
News-Sentinel, 1987-88
Dennis Kraft,
Ken Hill, Sports Hotline,
Dick DeFay, WKJG-TV, Fort Wayne,
1990-91
Forrest Miller,
George Frye,
Greg Bell, WIOU/WZWZ,
Len Davis, WGL, Fort Wayne, 1994-95
Curt Rallo,
Dave Kitchell,
Vince Turner, WTRC,
Jim Brunner, WBAT, Marion, 1998-99
Dean Pantazi, WPTA-TV, Fort Wayne,
1999-00
Paul Beitler, Bluffton
News-Banner, 2000-01
Pat McKee,
Bob Lovell,
Network Indiana, 2002-03
Scott
Gregg,