From left are Husky Productions student broadcasters Neil Lommel, Katie Halter and Jeremy Klein.
More than 400 entries. Just 20 awards.
Yet, there stood our St. Cloud State students, on stage June 2 in Atlanta, accepting a College Sports Media Award alongside broadcasters from ESPN, CBS Sports, Auburn University and Texas A & M.
Husky Productions was honored for Outstanding Live Game Production in the Collegiate Student division for its Jan. 22 broadcast of a men’s Huskies Hockey game against Western Michigan University.
“This is the big dog of awards” said Brian Stanley ’93, Husky Productions executive producer. “This award was judged by some of the biggest names in the sports production industry. To win the collegiate students category is a real honor. The entire crew should be very proud.”
Accepting on behalf of a crew of 24 were Katie Halter ’16, producer, Lamberton; Jeremy Klein ’16, studio host, Avon; and Neil Lommel, director, Luxemburg.
Lommel, who hails from a small town just 11 miles from Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, will return to direct broadcasts in 2016-17.
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Husky Productions (HP), a division of UTVS TV, manages broadcasts of Huskies Athletics events, including women’s and men’s Huskies Hockey games. HP broadcasts are sometimes carried by regional and national networks. Derrick Silvestri ’06 is the UTVS advisor and studio manager.
In its eighth year, the best in college-sports-video production awards were sponsored by Sports Video Group (SVG), the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, Ross Video and others.
In a special ceremony hosted by Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt, the winners of the 2016 College Sports Media Awards were unveiled at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, as part of SVG’s annual College Sports Summit.
Based in New York City, SVG is a professional association for the sports video production community.
Huskies Hockey is an NCAA Division I sport at St. Cloud State. The women’s team plays in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Men play in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
