Joe Morelli is named state sportswriter of the year
Joe Morelli of Hearst Connecticut Media was selected as the Connecticut Sportswriter of the Year for 2020 by the National Sports Media Association.
Morelli, respected for his coverage of high school sports and the state golf scene, has been with the New Haven Register since 1997. Morelli is an integral part of Hearst Connecticut’s high school sports website GameTimeCT.com.
“Joe cares deeply about high school sports coverage,” Hearst Connecticut Sports Editor Sean Barker said. “He appreciates and respects the legacy of high school sports coverage in Connecticut. His stories and coverage speak for themselves. He is a tireless worker who wants the very best coverage for student-athletes.”
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National Sports Media Association
Connecticut Sportswriter of the Year
Year Sportwriter
2019 Dave Borges, Hearst Connecticut Media, New Haven
2018 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant
2017 Paul Doyle, Hartford Courant
2016 Paul Doyle, Hartford Courant
2015 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant
2014 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
2013 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant
2012 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant
2011 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant
2010 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
2009 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
2008 Mike DiMauro, The Day, New London
2007 Mike DiMauro, The Day, New London
2006 Mike DiMauro, The Day, New London
2005 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
2004 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
2003 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
2002 Mike DiMauro, The Day, New London
2001 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
2000 Greg Garber, Hartford Courant
1999 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
1998 Owen Canfield, Hartford Courant
1997 Greg Garber, Hartford Courant
1996 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
1995 Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant
1994 Greg Garber, Hartford Courant
1993 Adrian Wojnarowski, Waterbury Republican-American
1992 Greg Garber, Hartford Courant
1991 Greg Garber, Hartford Courant
1990 Owen Canfield, Hartford Courant
1989 Randy Smith, Journal Inquirer, Manchester
1988 Randy Smith, Journal Inquirer, Manchester
1987 Randy Smith, Journal Inquirer, Manchester
1986 Owen Canfield, Hartford Courant
1985 Owen Canfield, Hartford Courant
1984 Randy Smith, Journal Inquirer, Manchester
1983 Jerry Trecker, Hartford Courant
1982 Randy Smith, Journal Inquirer, Manchester
1981 Randy Smith, Journal Inquirer, Manchester
1980 Randy Smith, Journal Inquirer, Manchester
1979 Owen Canfield, Hartford Courant
1978 Owen Canfield, Hartford Courant
1977 Pat Drewry, Waterbury Republican
1976 George Wadley, Journal-Courier, New Haven
1975 Owen Canfield, Hartford Courant
1974 Jon Stein, New Haven Journal-Courier
1973 Bill Lee, Hartford Courant
1972 Don Harrison, Waterbury Republican
1971 Don Harrison, The Republican & American, Waterbury
1970 Bob Casey, New Haven Register
1969 Bill Guthrie, New Haven Journal-Courier
1968 Bill Guthrie, New Haven Journal-Courier
1967 Bill Lee, Hartford Courant
1966 Bill Guthrie, New Haven Journal-Courier
1965 Bill Lee, Hartford Courant
1964 Bill Newell, Hartford Courant
1963 Bob Casey, New Haven Register
1962 Hank O’Donnell, Waterbury American
1961 Arthur McGinley, Hartford Times
1960 Bill Lee, Hartford Courant
1959 Bill Lee, Hartford Courant
Photo courtesy Hearst Connecticut Media; Previous winners courtesy National Sports Media Association
