Matt Neverett Named 2024 Nevada Sportscaster of the Year
(Las Vegas, NV) – January 7, 2025 – The Las Vegas Aviators® professional baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics, announced today in conjunction with Dave Goren, Executive Director of the National Sports Media Association (NSMA), that play-by-play broadcaster Matt Neverett was named the 2024
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(Las Vegas, NV) – January 7, 2025 – The Las Vegas Aviators® professional baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics, announced today in conjunction with Dave Goren, Executive Director of the National Sports Media Association (NSMA), that play-by-play broadcaster Matt Neverett was named the 2024 Nevada Sportscaster of the Year. It marks the first time that Neverett has received this award. Vinny Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal was named the 2024 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year, for the first time.
It also marks the fifth Las Vegas Stars/51s/Aviators broadcaster to win the award. Neverett joins his father, Tim Neverett (Los Angeles Dodgers), Russ Langer (Aviators), the late Bob Blum, and Ken Korach (Athletics) as past recipients.
“It is truly an honor to be named as Nevada Sportscaster of the Year for 2024,” Matt Neverett said. “To be held in the same regard as the past winners of the award is a privilege, and I extend my sincere appreciation to everyone that has helped me get to this point in my career.”
Sportscaster Mike Tirico of NBC and sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe have been voted by their peers into the National Sports Media Association’s Hall of Fame. They will be joined by posthumous selections Charlie Jones and Wendell Smith.
Ian Eagle, of CBS, Westwood One, and TNT, was voted the 2024 National Sportscaster of the Year, while The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal was voted the 2024 National Sportswriter of the Year. It’s the second NSMA national award for each of them.
The NSMA will honor its award winners and Hall of Fame inductees during the organization’s 65th Awards Weekend & National Convention from June 28-30 at Grandover Resort & Spa – a Wyndham Grand hotel – in Greensboro, N.C.
Neverett completed his fifth overall season with the Aviators organization and his fourth season in the broadcast booth with Russ Langer (2021-2024). He also serves as the play-by-play broadcaster for the UNLV football team (Caleb Herring, analyst) and the Runnin’ Rebels basketball team (Curtis Terry, analyst) on the UNLV Sports Properties/Learfield Network. He also has worked television games for UNLV football, baseball and men’s basketball on the Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network (SSSEN).
He returned to his birthplace of Las Vegas in 2020 after spending two years with the Bradenton Marauders, Single-A Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the play-by-play broadcaster and media relations director. He graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. in 2017 and then spent one season with the Birmingham Barons, Double-A Affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, as a media relations manager and pre/post-game host.
Go to nationalsportsmedia.org for the complete list of the winners for each state.
The Aviators will open their 42nd season (1983-2024) in the Silver State against intrastate rival, the Reno Aces, Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, on Friday, March 28 at Las Vegas Ballpark.
In 2024, Las Vegas home attendance was 481,802 in 74 dates for an average of 6,511 with 12 sellouts. In five seasons at Las Vegas Ballpark, the Aviators have recorded 93 sellouts.
2025 Las Vegas Aviators season ticket and group hospitality packages are available by calling the Aviators administrative offices at (702) 943-7200 or emailing [email protected].
Official licensed Aviators team merchandise is available on the “Team Shop” section of the website at www.aviatorslv.com.
About Las Vegas Aviators®
The Las Vegas Aviators® have the proud distinction of being Nevada’s longest enduring professional sports franchise.
The 2025 campaign will mark the 43rd calendar season in the Silver State as a proud member of Triple-A professional baseball of the Pacific Coast League and the sixth season in Las Vegas Ballpark (8,196).
The Aviators led all minor league baseball in 2019 attendance with a total of 650,934 for an average of 9,299. Las Vegas recorded 47 sellouts and 23 crowds of 10,000+.
In 2021, Las Vegas led Triple-A West in home attendance with a total of 428,369 for an average of 6,590.
The Aviators were the recipient of the 2021 Baseball America Triple-A Freitas Award, given to the organization of the year at each level of the Minor Leagues.
In 2022, Las Vegas led the PCL in home attendance with a total of 518,221 for an average of 6,910. It marked the second-highest attendance total for a single season in franchise history.
In 2023, Las Vegas recorded back-to-back seasons with 500,000+ home attendance (506,047 for an average of 6,838).
In 2024, Las Vegas home attendance was 481,802 in 74 dates for an average of 6,511 with 12 sellouts. In five seasons at Las Vegas Ballpark, the Aviators have recorded 93 sellouts.
The Stars (1983-2000)/51s (2001-18)/Aviators (2019 - present) have reached 300,000+ in “home” attendance in all 41 seasons (36 seasons at Cashman Field, 1983-2018; Las Vegas Ballpark, 2019, 2021-24). The Aviators completed their fifth season in 2024 as the Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics and the franchise won the PCL championship in 1986 and 1988.
Jim Gemma
Media Relations Director
Las Vegas Aviators, Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics
(702) 493-4510