Vicksburg resident Daniel Harris selected as umpire in the NJCAA Championship football game

Last updated: June 1, 2021

Vicksburg resident Daniel Harris has been selected to be an umpire in the National Junior College Football Championship Game.

Harris got the good news a little over a week ago when his supervisor Thomas Miller informed him of the great opportunity

“It’s an honor because not many African Americans get the chance to call championship games,” Harris said.

Harris, a Anguilla native, first began calling baseball games in 1999 with the Delta Association and by 2001 he expanded to football where he worked with people such as Vicksburg native Fulton Carson, who recently called a National Championship game.

Harris will oversee the big NJCAA game on June 5, 2021 where Snow Community College will face Hutchinson Community College in Little Rock, Arkansas at War Memorial Stadium which will be aired on CBS.

“I’m very excited about the new opportunity and I only wish my biggest fans could be there which are my mom, dad and grandma who are all in heaven now,” Harris said.

“I would like to give a special thanks to the older officials who taught me so much such as the late George Smith, James Judge, Kerry Grantham and Hugh Guest,” Harris added.

Calling such a huge game is the opportunity of a lifetime for Harris works on a daily basis for the Warren County Drug Court and the Vicksburg community will be tuning in to watch him shine on national television.