The University of Mississippi Athletics
David Kellum Named Mississippi Sportscaster Of The Year
1/12/2011 | Athletics
Jan. 12, 2011
SALISBURY, N.C. -- The National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has named Ole Miss Rebels play-by-play voice David Kellum as the Mississippi Sportscaster of the Year. Kellum has won the award five times in his career.
NSSA members annually elect one print and one radio/television winner from each of the 50 states. Rick Cleveland of The Clarion-Ledger was selected as the Mississippi Sportswriter of the Year.
Winners will be introduced at the 52nd annual NSSA convention May 14-16 in Salisbury, N.C. Longtime play-by-play announcers Brent Musburger and Bob Uecker and Bob Ryan, a 42-year veteran of the Boston Globe, will also be inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.
Kellum, a native of Oxford, is in his 23rd season as the "Voice of the Rebels" and has been associated with Ole Miss broadcasts for 34 years. He became the play-by-play announcer for Rebel baseball as a freshman student at Ole Miss in 1978, and he is one of only a few announcers in the SEC handling play-by-play for football, men's basketball and baseball.
In addition, Kellum is the host of the coaches' weekly radio and television shows and has been the master of ceremonies for countless Ole Miss events, both athletically and academically.
