Review-Journal’s David Schoen named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year

David Schoen, the Review-Journal’s Golden Knights beat reporter, has been named the Nevada Sportswriter of the Year for 2019, the National Sports Media Association announced Monday.

The state award is presented to each year to a reporter by a vote of their peers.

Schoen has been Golden Knights/NHL beat reporter for the last 2½ years. He previously covered high school sports and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. He also worked as a copy editor when he first arrived at the RJ in 2008.

The honor was a first for the Southern California native, who previously was a reporter and editor at the Oakland (California) Tribune and Wisconsin State Journal.

Chris Maathuis of KLAS-8 was selected as the Nevada Sportscaster of the Year for the third time.

Last year, RJ columnist Ed Graney received the award for the sixth time in 10 years.

Also Monday, radio host Dan Patrick, Bob Ley (Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, MLB Network) and Michael Wilbon (ESPN) and Tony Kornheiser (Washington Post, ESPN) were named to the NMSA Hall of Fame. The will be joined posthumously by sportscasters Skip Caray (Atlanta Braves TV), Cawood Ledford (University of Kentucky) and sportswriter Dick Young (New York Daily News).

Turner Sports’ Kevin Harlan was selected as national sportscaster of the year and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was picked as the national sportswriter of the year for the third straight time.

The NMSA’s awards program and Hall of Fame induction ceremony is June 27-29 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Bill Bradley is sports editor of the Review-Journal. He can reached at bbradley@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2909. Follow @billbradleyLV on Twitter.