The Big 550 KTRS would congratulate our own Dave Matter, Mizzou athletics writer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who was named today the FWAA Steve Ellis Beat Writer of the year.

Congratulations to @Dave_Matter, our 2020 Steve Ellis Beat Writer of the Year for his coverage of @MizzouAthletics for @stltoday. "He is relentless as a journalist, selfless as a teammate and totally on top of what is going on at Mizzou." https://t.co/E8Y9k3xjje pic.twitter.com/LoBBwqOGog

— Football Writers Association of America (@TheFWAA) September 24, 2021

Dave receives the honor in a year like no other, covering the Missouri Tigers at a time where media access wasn’t always readily available due to the pandemic.

You can hear Dave on the Big 550 KTRS tonight with Brendan Wiese and Ben Frederickson tonight at 7p for Mizzou Football Fridays.