In addition to baseball, Tocco's on-air credits include Division I college football, basketball, hockey and soccer as well as occasional work in the television and print media. In he 2006 was named the Southern League Broadcaster of the year In 20, Tocco served as a guest announcer for MLB's Montreal Expos. Tocco founded in 2001 to serve as a medium for fellow broadcasting professionals to network within the industry The Official Facebook page of College of Charleston Athletics. in Journalism in 1998.Īfter stints with the Charleston (SC) RiverDogs, Wilmington (DE) Blue Rocks, Charleston (WV) Alley Cats, and Lansing (MI) Lugnuts he was most recently the announcer for the Montgomery (AL) Biscuits. Tocco grew up in North Olmsted, Ohio and attended North Olmsted High School before moving on to Bowling Green State University, where he graduated with a B.A. “It’s an enjoyable thing for a lot of people.Jim Tocco (born September 3, 1976) is a former minor-league baseball announcer who is now working in marketing. “That’s what makes the potential of really fun because when you get there as a mid-major, it’s an enjoyable thing,” Durham said. He says it’s an honor to tell the team’s story from the sidelines, and Durham is especially excited for the fans who have supported the team along the way. “You look at how far the program has come, but especially you look at how far the program has moved forward here in the past two years,” Durham said.ĭespite the tough loss to Drexel, he’s proud of the work his alma mater has done to get to this point. The journey to Tuesday’s historic game had been a long time coming for Durham, who recalls watching Elon finish 8-44 in his first two seasons as a student broadcaster in the 90s. That win at Charleston sparked the seven-game streak that brought the Phoenix to this year’s conference championship game, and Durham – though broadcasting remotely throughout the season due to the pandemic – was along for every second of the incredible ride. Charleston and Mobile & Ohio railroads town founded at junction, named. “I think you turn back and you start talking about the Sunday afternoon in Charleston – 66-55, the first victory in league play and also a win in a place that’s been difficult to win at in the past,” Durham said. 17, 1908 baseball announcer Red Barber born (died 1992) March. The team’s historic run came immediately on the heels of an eight-game losing streak early in the season, which Durham says turned around during a trip to the College of Charleston. Juniors Trotter Harlan and Ty Good, and senior Tanner Steffy, were each named to the Preseason All-CAA Team while senior. On its way to the title game, the Phoenix took down top-seeded James Madison and defending champion Hofstra in back-to-back rounds. College of Charleston is picked to finish third in the race for the 2022 Colonial Athletic Association regular season crown in a vote of the league's nine head coaches announced CAA officials Wednesday. “I think there’s a road to progress and I think there’s a road to getting where Elon would like to be – where Elon Basketball would like to be – and I think moments like this are important.”Įlon became the first eighth seed to ever play in the CAA Championship game Tuesday.
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“The game feels like a mile marker,” Durham said. The official athletics website for the College of Charleston Cougars. Charleston, Cool Papa Bell, and Josh Gibson. Smith is credited with helping Jackie Robinson to. baseball imitated the mainstream of American society in the post. (photo by Dan Anderson)Įlon fans from around the world tuning in on the radio to hear the Phoenix take their shot at history heard every play of the game narrated by Taylor Durham ’96, well known as “The Voice of the Elon Phoenix.” In his 12th year as play-by-play announcer for the Elon men’s basketball, football and baseball teams, Durham understood the significance of the historic moment for his alma mater. He faced more discrimination when he was denied membership in the Baseball Writers Association of America. Taylor Durham ’96 prepares to call an Elon men’s basketball game inside Schar Center.
A win in that championship showdown would have earned the Elon men their first CAA Championship title and the program’s first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Phoenix won seven games in a row to earn a spot in the 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship, where Elon fell short in a 63-56 loss to Drexel. The Elon men’s basketball program was on the cusp of making history in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Tuesday night.
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