Al Hamnik

Al Hamnik is a Region native, born in East Chicago and a graduate of Griffith High School and Calumet College.

He's been a reporter and columnist in Northwest Indiana for 42 years and is a member of the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, as well as a winner of the Indiana sportswriter of the year award, an IHSAA media award winner, a Corky Lamm Award winner and a three-time HSPA winner.

He's covered two Super Bowls, six NBA championships, the Pan-American Games, the Big Ten and NCAA men's basketball tournaments, championship series for both the Cubs and White Sox and title games across the IHSAA spectrum.

Reach Al Hamnik at (219) 933-4154 or al.hamnik@nwi.com