About Daron Sutton

One of baseball’s best young broadcasters, Daron Sutton enters his third season with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2009 as the club’s primary play-by-play announcer on FOX Sports Arizona. Sutton came to the D-backs in 2007 after five years in a similar capacity with the Milwaukee Brewers. During his tenure in Milwaukee, Sutton won the 2003 Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence on Camera from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter. In addition, he has been nominated for regional Emmys on four other occasions. In his first full-time play-by-play role, Sutton worked two seasons as a radio announcer for the Anaheim Angels, and also hosted the club’s pre- and post-game radio shows. Prior to that, he filled in frequently for two seasons calling Atlanta Braves games on FSN South. While in Atlanta, Sutton handled Southeastern Conference telecasts of men’s and women’s basketball, swimming and diving, gymnastics, track and field and volleyball. Sutton completed his first season as the play-by-play broadcaster for Arizona State’s men basketball games on FOX Sports Arizona this past offseason while also serving as the television voice for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men’s basketball team, which he has called for the past five years. Sutton pitched professionally for two seasons in the Angels and Braves organizations, and graduated from Auburn University-Montgomery in 1992 with a degree in communications. Community involvement is a high priority with Sutton. He and his wife, Kristin, host the annual “Sutton Strokes for Little Folks” golf tournament in the Valley to benefit the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC). Sutton and broadcast partner Mark Grace also raised funds for the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation with their “Redheads” section broadcast at every Wednesday home game during the 2008 season. He also can be found regularly speaking to local schools to promote reading and education, while lending his time to The Boys and Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix, Special Olympics of Arizona and The Gene Autry Courage Awards. Sutton and his wife are the proud parents of two daughters, Abbey (11) and Lilly (7).