Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Sims has been named Washington Sportscaster of the Year for the state of Washington by the National Sports Media Association. It is the second consecutive year Dave has won the award.

Also being singled out for honor is Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone, who was named Washington Sportswriter of the Year.

The NMSA will honor Sims, Stone and 108 Sportscasters and Sportswriters of the Year from across the country at the 61st Annual NMSA Awards banquet on June 29, 2020 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Sims is entering his 14th season with the Mariners broadcast team on ROOT SPORTS and the Mariners Radio Network. The two-time Emmy Award winner began his career as a sports reporter for the New York Daily News. He became a weekend sports anchor for WCBS-TV and in 1991, joined ESPN as a play-by-play announcer for college basketball. He has also been heard on Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports Sunday Night NFL games and Sims co-hosts Basketball & Beyond with Coach K for Serius XM Satellite Radio with Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski, is a correspondent for MLB Network and calls Big East college basketball on FS1.

During the awards banquet in June, Dan Patrick, Tom Verducci and Michael Wilbon will be inducted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame, along with Skip Caray, Cawood Ledford and Dick Young. Kevin Harlan will receive the 2019 National Sportscaster of the Year award and Adrian Wojnarowski will receive the National Sportswriter of the Year award.

The National Sports Media Association works to develop educational opportunities for those who are interested in pursuing a career in sports media, through networking, interning, mentoring and scholarship programs. The NSMA also honors, preserves and celebrates the diverse legacy of sports media in the United States. Founded in 1959 as the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in Salisbury, N.C., the NSSA added its Hall of Fame in 1962, with Grantland Rice as its first member. The organization rebranded to the National Sports Media Association in 2016 and moved to Winston-Salem, N.C. one year later.