Husky Productions Katie Emmer wins Jim Nantz award
5/29/2018 4:30:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Katie Emmer '18 is the recipient of the Jim Nantz Award as the college sportscaster of the year. Emmer received the award for her work with St. Cloud State's award winning Husky Productions.
The mass communications graduate will receive hotel accommodations and admission to the National Sports Media Association convention June 23-25 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The Jim Nantz Award is named for the veteran CBS sportscaster, who has worked national sporting events, including NFL Football and PGA Tour golf, for more than three decades.
Emmer was chosen by a panel of judges selected by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America.
Among her competitors were sportscasters from Arizona State, Syracuse University and Northwestern University. Emmer was an award-winning veteran of Husky Productions (HP), the UTVS TV division that manages broadcasts of Huskies Athletics events, including men's and women's Huskies Hockey. Among her duties were in-studio host and rink-side reporter.
Huskies Hockey games are broadcast on Minnesota cable channels and sometimes on regional and national networks. Brian Stanley '93 is executive producer of Husky Productions. Derrick Silvestri '06 is the UTVS advisor and studio manager.
Emmer is the daughter of Jacquie and U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Delano.
