Hays Post
TOPEKA - Eagle Radio's Dustin Armbruster is the 2024 recipient of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hod Humiston Award.
The award is given annually to a Kansas broadcaster who has made significant contributions to the field of sports broadcasting as well as work in the community. 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.
Complete list of former winners below.
Armbruster becomes the fifth Humiston award recipient who has worked in the Hays market joining Bob Davis, Wyatt Thompson, Steve Webster and Gerard Wellbrock.
Armbruster serves as the play-by-play voice of Hays High athletics on 96.9, KFIX as well as an analyst on Fort Hays State broadcasts. He is co-host of the Bull Morning Show on on KKQY (101.9) and is the operations manager at Eagle Radio-Hays. Armbruster is a multi-award KAB Award winner and two-time recipient of the Kansas State High School Activities Association Oscar Stauffer Award (2022, 2013) for high school play-by-play.
Armbruster will receive the Hod Humiston Award on Tuesday, April 23 as part of the KAB's Sports Broadcast Seminar at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
Hod Humiston Award Recipients
1979 Hod Humiston (d. 12/28/87)
1980 Dev Nelson, KKSU AM, Manhattan
1981 Max Falkenstein, Lawrence
1982 Bob Hilgendorf, Manhattan
1983 Bob Pratt, KGGF/KQQF, Coffeyville
1984 Tom Hedrick KU, KLWN/KLZR, Lawrence
1985 Bob Fromme, KC Royals Radio Network, Kansas City
1986 Ed O’Donnell WIBW AM/FM, Topeka
1987 Bill Miller, KLEO/KZSN, Wichita
1988 Tad Felts, KKAN/KQMA, Phillipsburg
1989 Fred Conger, KWBW/KHUT, Hutchinson
1990 Kay Melia, KLOE AM, Goodland
1991 Bob Davis, KMBZ Radio, Westwood
1992 Tony Jewell, KIUL/KWKR, Garden City
1993 Nelson Hartman, KSHSAA (retired)
1994 Ron Paradis, WIBW TV/Radio, Topeka
1995 Mitch Holthus, WIBW Radio, Voice of the K-State Wildcats, Voice of the K.C. Chiefs
1996 Bob Wells, Retired, Harris Co., Garden City now of Lawrence
1997 Dale McCoy, Jr., KKOY Am/FM, Chanute
1998 George Donley, Great Bend (posthumously, d. 1997)
1999 WIBW Radio Sports Department, Topeka
2000 Dewey Terrill, KJCK AM/FM, Junction City
2001 Rich Epp, KLBY TV, Colby
2002 Rocky Downing, KCLY/KFRM, Clay Center
2003 Cliff Shank, KGGG/KSKU/KXKU, Hutchinson
2004 Fred White, Kansas City Royals
2005 Rusty Hilst, KWBW AM, Hutchinson|
2006 Gary Bateman, KOFO AM, Ottawa
2007 Bruce Haertl, KWCH TV, Wichita
2008 Randy Goering, KVGB AM-FM, Great Bend
2009 Brock Kappelmann, KSCB AM-FM, Liberal
2010 Mike Manns, KMAJ AM-FM, Topeka
2011 Wyatt Thompson, Voice of the K-State Wildcats, Manhattan
2012 Gerard Wellbrock, KAYS AM, Hays
2013 Eddie Lomshek, KKOW AM, Pittsburg
2014 Mike Kennedy, Voice of the Wichita State Shockers, Wichita
2015 Jenn Bates, KWCH TV, Wichita
2016 Steve Webster, KVGB AM, Great Bend
2017 Glen Grunwald, KWBW AM, Hutchinson
2018 Greg Rahe, KVOE AM, Emporia
2019 Brian Hanni, KLWN, Lawrence
2020 Devin Hanney, KINA, Salina
2021 John Swanson, KVSV AM-FM
2022 Aaron Napier, Ad Astra, Hutchinson
2023 Justin Fluke, KNZA Radio Group, Hiawatha