“It was not a suitable working environment by any means. “ quit in the middle of the night in the middle of the season,” Newman said.

Newman’s first broadcast position post Troy was with the Texas Collegiate League. “They said, well, we think you’re better off here, and so I trusted that, got involved in a lot of our Division I sports, whether that was play-calling or putting together packages and tapes for our news station, and walked out into the wide world after that with no sense of direction on how to pursue live sports broadcasting.” “I never thought I’d be a broadcaster,” she recalled. She was a print journalist and photographer in high school, a path she initially pursued at Troy University before SID Ricky Hazel encouraged her to switch to a broadcast journalism major. It’s absolutely humbling in an industry packed with highly skilled peers to take moments like this and further an even bigger message.”Ī native of Woodstock, Georgia, Melanie Newman’s road to the Charm City has been more dogged than charmed. “This just absolutely blows me away,” said Newman. “I just continue to be surprised at the reaction and also chain reaction since joining not just the Orioles but professional baseball. Three years after we profiled her among four women excelling as MiLB broadcasters, Melanie Newman is the 2021 Ballpark Digest Award winner for MLB Broadcaster of the Year, honoring her work delivering the call of Baltimore Orioles games on MASN and 105.7 The Fan.

By Jesse Goldberg-Strassler on Decemin Awards, Major-League Baseball

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