Belton, TX – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor has announced the hiring of award-winning broadcaster and UMHB alum Scott Garner as the school's new play-by-play voice. Garner will handle play-by-play duties for Cru football, women's basketball and men's basketball broadcasts beginning this fall.
“We are very excited to have Scott involved with our athletic department again as the radio voice of Cru football and basketball,” UMHB Vice-President for Athletics
Ben Shipp said. “He is an alum of the University and a former student-athlete here and is also one of the most talented voices in the business today. We are thrilled to have Scott at that point in his career and we know that he has a bright future in broadcasting.”
Garner has been the "voice" of the Frisco RoughRiders since 2003, the only "voice" the franchise has ever known. Garner brings over 15 years of play-by-play experience to the broadcast booth.
Even though he has worked in radio most of his career, including a stint as a news anchor at the USA Radio Network in Dallas, his forte has always been sports. Garner made his major league debut in the spring of 2008 when he provided play-by-play for select Texas Rangers games. He also provided play-by-play for the Texas Rangers Radio Network during the Rangers vs. Angels series in June of 2009 while Eric Nadel was out for a short time.
Garner has broadcast at the NCAA Division-I level with the University of Tulsa in conjunction with Learfield Sports. He also has substantial college football and basketball play-by-play experience in the Lone Star Conference with Texas A&M University-Commerce, West Texas A&M University and Midwestern State University. Garner has also provided post-season football play-by-play for the Texas State Network in Dallas.
He gained his first experience behind the microphone at age eleven when he was hired as a fill-in public address announcer during a state Little League tournament in Temple, Texas. Garner broke into the business at age nineteen, while a student at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor as he was hired by Master Production Television Sports, a local outfit that produced tape delayed telecasts. For three seasons during the mid-90's he provided play-by-play on MPTV Sports for Temple High School football, basketball and baseball.
Garner is a graduate of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and lettered in baseball. Garner transferred to UMHB in 1994 after playing one season at Tarleton State University.
He has received multiple major market awards including two Emmy awards for best television sports play-by-play in Texas. He's also won two Katie awards given by the Dallas Press Club for best radio sports play-by-play in the Southwest. Garner has been chosen as the Lone Star Conference's Broadcaster of the Year and has also been awarded the Associated Press' coveted Edward R. Murrow award. Garner's wife Nicole is also a graduate of UMHB and works as a Registered Nurse in the Dallas area. Nicole and he are proud parents of twins, Drew and Ryan, who were born in May of 2006.
Garner's first broadcast for UMHB will come with the Cru football team's season opener at Southern Nazarene University on September 12th. He will broadcast all regular and post-season UMHB football games along with select men's and women's basketball doubleheaders.
