Comarazamy elected to Dominican Hall of Fame

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, August 31, 2019 – Roosevelt Comarazamy, the current press officer of NORCECA Confederation, has been elected to the Sport Hall of Fame of the Dominican Republic in recognition of his long career and contributions to the development of the sport in his native country.

Comarazamy, a former member of the basketball national team, has been a writer and radio and television announcer for fifty years.

He started in NORCECA in 2002 and has been press delegate in FIVB world championships of different categories and age-groups in Japan, Poland, Italy, Brazil, Qatar, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. He also has been part of the team that covered and supervised the volleyball press services of the Olympic Games in London and Rio de Janeiro.

He also has attended as volleyball press officer of the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo 2003, Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015.

He began his career covering baseball games of the Dominican Winter League and has been correspondent of The Sporting News and Baseball America, the two most important publications of the sport. He is currently in his second stint as the TV announcer of Licey Tigers following an 18-year period with Toros del Este in La Romana.

The induction ceremony will take place on next November 10.