Mark Martin: WCHS-TV Eyewitness News

It was my grandfather - the late George Russell Heiskell (most people pronounced the name like "high school") who told my parents they should let me try T-Ball. They did, and that's how my involvement in sports was launched.

I continued playing competitive athletics until I was 21 years old as a football player at Marietta College, where I earned my B.A. in Radio and Television in 1983. While in college I started doing a lot of work for both newspapers and radio. My first shot in TV came as a part-timer in 1984.

There's nothing quite like covering sports for a living. I love all aspects of this business from anchoring to reporting to play-by-play to sideline work to writing to editing to shooting. It truly is a labor of love.

Hands down the greatest part, though, has been the abundance of friendships made down through the years.

I appreciate all of you watching our sports coverage on WCHS-TV and WVAH-TV. We strive to bring you all of the latest happenings locally and state-wide and along the way introducing you to those involved.

I love hearing from people and I'm great about responding. Give me a call, write me a letter or send an e-mail.

NOTES ABOUT MARK--Mark has been the Sports Director for both stations since December of 2000...He has also done lots of free lance work over the years for ESPN Regional...He has been honored several times for his work in television, radio and newspaper...In 2005 he captured a prestigious Midwestern Regional Emmy for his anchor work, marking the first time in the history of the Charleston-Huntington television market than individual has won an Emmy in the anchor category...Mark was the recipient of the National Sportswriters and Sportswriters Association's West Virginia "Sportscaster of the Year" award in 2003...In the fall of 2006 he was inducted into the Ripley High School Viking Football Hall of Fame...Mark is the author of one book and is in the process of completing his second...He and his wife, Lisa, reside near Ripley.

You can contact Mark at:

MMartin@wchstv.com

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