RUSS LANGER NAMED 2023 NEVADA SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR;
HE BECOMES A 12-TIME RECIPIENT OF THE NEVADA AWARD
The Las Vegas Aviators® professional baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, announced today in conjunction with Dave Goren, Executive Director of the National Sports Media Association (NSMA), that play-by-play broadcaster Russ Langer was named the 2023 Nevada Sportscaster of the Year. It marks the 12th overall time that he has received this award in the state of Nevada (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023). Ed Graney of the Las Vegas Review-Journal was named the 2023 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year, for the eighth time.
It also marks the fourth Las Vegas Stars/51s/Aviators broadcaster to win the award. Langer joins the late Bob Blum, Ken Korach (Oakland Athletics) and Tim Neverett (Los Angeles Dodgers) as past recipients.
The award also marks the 13th time overall in his career that he has been honored. He won the same honor in 1999 in the state of New Mexico, as the play-by-play voice of the Pacific Coast League’s Albuquerque Dukes. The awards are determined by a poll of state sportswriters and sportscasters.
“I feel greatly honored to be recognized by my peers with this prestigious award,” Russ Langer said. “I’m exceedingly grateful to the NSMA, the voters for their support, and to the many individuals who have helped to fuel my passion, especially my wife and son and our outstanding fan base.”