Sports

Voice of the Tigers to speak Thursday at Bay Breeze

By Lightning Reports, Published: July 9, 2022

Hendersonville native Don Munson, the voice of the Clemson Tigers, will be the featured speaker Thursday, July 14, at the Kiwanis Club of Hendersonville. The meeting is at noon at Bay Breeze Seafood Restaurant, 1830 Asheville Highway. The meeting is open to the public. Call Neal at 803-261-2025 if you have any questions.

Munson has been a full-time member of the Clemson Athletic Department since 2010 and has served as the director of broadcasting since 2014. A 1984 graduate of Appalachian State University, he was the play-by-play voice at Appalachian State from 1984-91. In 1993, he served a season as the play-by-play announcer of the Western Carolina Catamounts and in 1994 was the voice of the UNC Asheville men’s basketball broadcasts.

Munson got his start broadcasting Friday night high school football games on WHKP along with current Vice President and Sports Director Richard Rhodes and Roy Huntley, owner of the Sports Cellar, station owner Art Cooley noted.