

SALISBURY, N.C. – Mick Hubert , the longtime Voice of the Gators, has been named the National Sports Media Association (NMSA) Florida Sportscaster of the Year, NSMA executive director Dave Goren announced in March.



Hubert along with 106 other State Sportscasters and Sportswriters will be honored during the 58th annual NSMA Awards Weekend, June 25-26, in Winston-Salem, N.C.



For the complete NSMA news release, click here.





A graduate of Illinois State University in 1976, Hubert has been the play-by-play announcer of Florida Gators since 1989. Prior to his arrival in Gainesville, he was the Sports Director at WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio, and did play-by-play for Bradley University athletics.In addition, Hubert did play-by-play of NCAA tournament games for ESPN from 1986 to 1990.As the radio voice of the Gators, Hubert has called the Gators' 1996, 2006 and 2008 football national championships, as well as the 2006 and 2007 men's basketball championship victories. On football broadcasts, he works with color analyst Lee McGriff. For basketball games, he calls the action alongside Mark Wise.Check out these two clips below with some of Hubert's most-memorable calls from the 2016 football and 2016-17 men's basketball seasons.Chris Chiozza's three-point buzzer beater to send the Florida men's basketball team to the Elite Eight:Florida's game-ending goal line stop at LSU back in November: