VOL NETWORK GENERAL INFO
John Wilkerson
Play-by-Play Voice of the Volunteers @JWilkersonWNML
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Joining longtime voice of Vol baseball John Wilkerson in the Tennessee radio booth for his second-straight season will be Vince Ferrara. Ferrara joined “The Sports Animal” and the “News Sentinel Sports Page” as the daily show host in October of 2010. Born and raised in Tampa, Fla., he is a graduate of USF with a broadcasting degree. ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN Ferrara has freelanced as a reporter/ correspondent for ESPN Radio, CBS Sports Radio, Fox Sports Radio and Listen at FM 99.1 or AM 990 Sirius/XM. He previously served as the color analyst and play-by-play broadcaster for Alabama baseball in 2008, as the play-by-play announcer for the UAB women’s basketball team during the 2009-10 season, as the football play-by-play announcer for Stillman College and as fill-in color analyst for UAB football. He’s also worked as a boxing and MMA play-by-play announcer for TV and streaming events. Vol fans can hear Vince on the “Kickoff Call-In Show” as part of the Vol Radio Network football pre-game broadcast, as well handling half-time stats at UT men’s basketball broadcasts. Ferrara often fills-in on the afternoon show, “SportsTalk”, on “The Sports Animal” hosted by John Wilkerson and Jimmy Hyams. He currently handles high school football play-by-play calls of the “Game of the Week” on “The Sports Animal” with analyst Will West. Ferrara is a contributor on “The Enrichment Sports Source” on WATE-TV, he has a sports blog on Examiner.com as the National SEC Examiner and fills-in anchoring news and traffic reports for NewsTalk 98.7, WIVK and “The Sports Animal.”
RECORDS & HONORS
Time 6 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m.
REVIEW
Opponent La Salle at Arizona State at Arizona State at Arizona State at Middle Tennessee at Missouri at Missouri at Missouri Austin Peay Auburn Auburn Auburn at South Carolina at South Carolina at South Carolina ETSU Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Tennessee Tech at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia vs. Virginia Tech Alabama Alabama Alabama at ETSU at LSU at LSU at LSU Middle Tennessee Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky UNC Asheville at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State Morehead State Florida Florida Florida
OPPONENTS
Color Analyst @VinceSports
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PLAYERS
Vince Ferrara
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COACHES
John Wilkerson, daily WNML SportsTalk co-host, enters his 24th season on the Vol baseball network and his 14th year as Tennessee’s play-by-play announcer. His relationship with Tennessee baseball dates back to 1988 (the same year he graduated from the university) and has run consecutively since the 1991 season. Wilkerson’s duties have ranged from doing public address at the ballpark to moving over to the broadcast booth where he joined former Vols and current Tennessee Titans announcer Mike Keith. Boasting a nearly unmatched baseball IQ and an encyclopedialike knowledge of the Vols’ program, Wilkerson has called both of Tennessee’s most recent trips to the NCAA College World Series in 2001 and 2005. In addition to Tennessee baseball, Wilkerson is the scoreboard host for the Vol Network on both football and basketball broadcasts. Formerly morning sports anchor for WIVK and WNOX, he received the Associated Press award for Best Sportscast in the state five times over a six-year period. In addition to his Vol Network assignments in the fall, Wilkerson—who resides in Knoxville with his wife, Pennye—also calls football games for Knoxville Catholic High School on WNML. Since 1999, Wilkerson has been named best Play-by-Play in the state by the Associated Press on three occasions. Monday through Friday, Wilkerson joins Jimmy Hyams on WNML SportsTalk from 3-7 p.m. “The Sports Animal” WNML AM 990/FM 99.1 & 99.3, the flagship station of the Tennessee baseball radio network, takes to the air again for its 19th season of broadcasting Tennessee Volunteers baseball. The live action will be carried through the Southeastern Conference tournament and any NCAA tournament games. Stations on the network will carry all 30 SEC games plus all postseason action. Each game broadcast includes a 15-minute pregame show that includes player and coach interviews to bring Vols fans up-to-the-minute information concerning the Tennessee baseball program.