The National Sports Media Association has announced the finalists for the 2021 Michigan Sportscaster of the Year.
WXYZ sports director Brad Galli is a finalist for the award for the fourth consecutive year. He won the award in 2018, and was a finalist in 2019 and 2020.
NSMA members will vote during the month of December, with winners announced in January.
The association has honored someone annually in Michigan since 1959. Former WXYZ sports anchors Don Shane (2012) and Larry Adderley (1973) won the award.
Jack Ebling and Jamie Edmonds are the other finalists for the sportscaster of the year award. The finalists for the NSMA Michigan sportswriter of the year are James Edwards, Helene St. James, and Ryan Ford.
Galli has been with WXYZ since 2011. He has been honored with Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences twice: in 2014 for Excellence in Sports Reporting and again in 2016 for Excellence in Sports Anchoring in Michigan.
NSMA members provide the nominations for the 2021 state and national awards. A ceremony annually takes place in June in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to honor the winners and Hall of Fame entrants.
