Christ School
59m ·
As hard as it is to imagine after all these years and success for Greenie basketball, the individual who still holds the school record for points in a game (48) actually made a bigger name for himself when his playing career ended.
Tom Suiter '67 retired from broadcast journalism in 2016. His career in front of the camera as a sportscaster for WRAL in Raleigh, N.C., spanned 45 years. He is credited with introducing the area's first nightly broadcast devoted entirely to high school football, "Football Friday."
Founded in 1981, an Extra Effort award given out by WRAL that bears Tom's name is still given out to this day.
Tom was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame last spring. He is also an Emmy Award winner, part of the Christ School Athletic Hall of Fame, N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, North Carolina Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the Nash-Edgecombe County (N.C.) Hall of Fame, and the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Silver Circle.
Tom was named one of the top three local sportscasters in the country in 1987 and received a multitude of awards from the Associated Press and Radio-Television News Directors Association. Four years ago, he was given the state of North Carolina's highest civilian honor, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
Tom averaged 24.5 points a game over the course of his junior and senior seasons at Christ School. He played a year of college basketball for Erskine (S.C.), before deciding to commit himself full-time to broadcasting.
Albert
59m ·
As hard as it is to imagine after all these years and success for Greenie basketball, the individual who still holds the school record for points in a game (48) actually made a bigger name for himself when his playing career ended.
Tom Suiter '67 retired from broadcast journalism in 2016. His career in front of the camera as a sportscaster for WRAL in Raleigh, N.C., spanned 45 years. He is credited with introducing the area's first nightly broadcast devoted entirely to high school football, "Football Friday."
Founded in 1981, an Extra Effort award given out by WRAL that bears Tom's name is still given out to this day.
Tom was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame last spring. He is also an Emmy Award winner, part of the Christ School Athletic Hall of Fame, N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, North Carolina Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the Nash-Edgecombe County (N.C.) Hall of Fame, and the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Silver Circle.
Tom was named one of the top three local sportscasters in the country in 1987 and received a multitude of awards from the Associated Press and Radio-Television News Directors Association. Four years ago, he was given the state of North Carolina's highest civilian honor, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
Tom averaged 24.5 points a game over the course of his junior and senior seasons at Christ School. He played a year of college basketball for Erskine (S.C.), before deciding to commit himself full-time to broadcasting.
Albert