TOPEKA - "Voice of the Hays High Indians" Dustin Armbruster has been selected as the Kansas State High School Activities Association's 2022 Oscar Stauffer Award recipient and has been dubbed the KSHSAA Sportscaster of the Year.
This is the second time Armbruster has received the honor. He was awarded the Oscar Stauffer previously in 2013.
Armbruster has been with Eagle Radio in Hays since July of 2005. He currently is the operations manager, program director for KKQY, hosts “The Bull Morning Show” on 101.9 FM, provides play-by-play for Hays High School broadcasts and color commentary for Eagle’s broadcasts of Fort Hays State University football and basketball. He also provides content for the sports section of Hays Post and handles commercial production. Armbruster also previously worked in the sales department for a period of ten years.
Armbruster is the fifth Hays broadcaster to be awarded the Oscar Stauffer. Previous winners include Mike Hammett (2016, 2011), Gerard Wellbrock (2000, 1997, 1996), Wyatt Thompson (1989) and Bob Davis (1978, 1975).
Charley Chaney, sports editor for the Butler County Times-Gazette, is the KSHSAA Sportswriter of the Year.