Release courtesy of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters

Gerard Wellbrock of KAYS Radio in Hays has been selected as the Hod Humiston Award for Sports Broadcasting recipient in 2012 by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters.  The award is given annually to a Kansas broadcaster who has made significant contributions to the field of sports broadcasting.  The award is named for Hod Humiston who was the first television sportscaster in Kansas when he did play-by-play coverage of college games for KTVH (now KWCH TV), channel 12, Wichita.
 
Wellbrock has been with KAYS (Eagle Radio) since 1992 and has been the “Voice of the Fort Hays Tigers” 10 years.  He previously worked for KKAN/KQMA in Phillipsburg.  He has received numerous sports play by play awards from the KAB and was honored three times with the Oscar Stauffer Award from the KSHSAA.
 
In his community, Wellbrock served on the board of CASA, is a member of the Hays Jaycees, an annual bell ringer for the Salvation Army and is an instructor in sportscasting at Fort Hays State University.  He will receive his honor at the KAB Sports Seminar in Kansas City April 23^rd.
 
The KAB is a statewide trade association serving a membership of free-over-the-air radio and television broadcast stations.