(HALIFAX, N.S.) - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to
announce that Dan Robertson, Senior Sports Producer and
Play-by-Play announcer at Eastlink TV is the 2012-13 recipient of
the AUS Media Award and is the Atlantic conference's nominee for
the CIS Fred Sgambati Media Award.
The Fred Sgambati Media Award is presented annually to a member of
the news media who has made a major contribution to the development
and growth of Canadian university sport. Each of the four Regional
Associations may submit one nominee for consideration. The most
recent recipient of the CIS Fred Sgambati Media Award was Monty
Mosher, the Atlantic conference nominee from The Chronicle Herald
in Halifax, who took home the award in 2010-11.
This year's award will once be presented in conjunction with the
2013 CIS annual conference in Toronto, Ont.
“Dan Robertson is a true professional and his work in
covering our student-athletes throughout the season and during AUS
and CIS championship play hasn’t gone unnoticed,” says
Phil Currie, Executive Director of Atlantic University Sport.
“Dan is always well prepared and does a great deal of
research in advance of each event. He often finds the details in a
story that add a personal touch and truly connect the viewers with
our student-athletes and coaches. Dan’s efforts have
certainly helped promote and raise the profile of university sport
in our region and we are proud to recognize his contributions with
the 2013 AUS Media Award submit him as the AUS nominee for the 2013
CIS Fred Sgambati Media Award.”
Robertson has been with Eastlink TV since 1999 and for over 14
years has been the play-by-play voice for countless university
basketball, hockey and football events in the Maritimes.
Dan has hosted or been the play-by-play announcer for every Loney
Bowl (AUS football championship) since 2000 and every AUS
men’s basketball championship since 2003. He has also called
a number of AUS men’s hockey playoff games over the
years.
Robertson typically calls an AUS regular season football game every
Saturday during the fall season and in the winter months he is
either courtside or in the press box each Saturday to cover AUS
men’s and women’s basketball events or an AUS
men’s hockey game.
In the past, Dan has also hosted and produced a 30-minute
pre-season show as well as a 30-minute playoff preview show that
aired on Eastlink TV.
In March of 2012, Robertson served as the on-air voice of the 2012
CIS Final 8 men’s basketball championship in Halifax, as
Eastlink and Shaw partnered with CIS to make their live broadcasts
for all games available to regional cable carriers ensuring fans
across Canada could watch the championship games live. That year,
Dan also co-hosted the CIS men’s basketball all-Canadian
awards gala dinner.
From 2008-2012 Dan provided content on a regular basis for the AUS
website in the form of a column called “Thoughts from the
Booth” where he provided insight from his perspective on
university sport.
He has been a past member of the CIS football top 10 voting
committee, has filed stories nationally for Sportsnet and two years
ago he also called one university basketball game and five American
Hockey League (AHL) games for CBC.
He figures he has put over 10,000 km on the company van annually in
covering sports for Eastlink TV.
A graduate of Saint Mary’s University, Dan grew up in Trenton
and currently lives in New Glasgow with his wife Kathy and two
children, Victoria and Clark.
“I have enjoyed covering AUS and CIS events over the years
and I am pleasantly shocked to be considered for this
recognition,” says Robertson. “The athletes and coaches
are among the best in the country and have allowed us to be a part
of many memorable moments throughout the years. I truly look
forward to the university sport season each year.”
Notes: Fred Sgambati was a well respected reporter/broadcaster who
was a great supporter of university athletics in Canada. A former
University of Toronto athlete and university football official,
Fred Sgambati was the radio voice of the College Bowl (now the
Vanier Cup) for its first thirteen years...Past Atlantic conference
nominees to have received the CIS Fred Sgambati Media Award include
Monty Mosher, Halifax Chronicle Herald (2011); Scott Matthews,
Atlantic Television Network (1985); Wally Sears, Sackville Tribune
Post (1980) and Hugh Townsend, Halifax Chronicle Herald (1974).