Minnesota Timberwolves Radio Play-by-Play Announcer Alan Horton has been nominated for Minnesota State Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA). The nomination is Horton’s first in his 10-year career as the radio voice of the Wolves.
Other nominees for the award include Mike Grimm (Gopher Sports Properties/Learfield), Anthony LaPanta (Fox Sports North/Wild TV), Cory Provus (Go 96.3 Twins Radio Network) and Mark Rosen (WCCO-TV).
Horton joined Zach Bennett, Tim Faklis and Tom Schreier on the Wolves Wired podcast back in April:
Listen to the Episode Below (1:47:00)
Horton is in the midst of his 10th season as the play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In addition, he served as the voice of the Minnesota Lynx for seven years, including their run to the 2011 and 2013 WNBA Titles. He came to the Timberwolves and Lynx after spending the 2007 WNBA season calling Seattle Storm games for Seattle radio, as well as serving as the executive producer of the Seattle SuperSonics radio network.
A native of Massachusetts, Horton spent 10 years in Southern California as a sports broadcaster on both radio and television. In addition to his time with the Timberwolves, Lynx and Storm, his play-by-play experience includes the San Diego Padres, San Diego State University football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball, as well as high school football and basketball.
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