Meridian Community College: MCC Alumni Spotlight: Robby Atkinson

Press release from Meridian Community College:

March 4, 2022

As the official voice of the Eagles, Robby Atkinson is at home behind the microphone
on the athletic fields at Meridian Community College. 

His passion for the Eagles was nurtured early. “Athletics led me to MCC because I
grew up around the baseball program at MCC. My dad took me to my first baseball game
when I was nine years old, and I was hooked from the first day I was on campus,” Atkinson
said. 

Atkinson would return to campus to begin his academic studies in two programs, University
Transfer and Broadcast Technology. “MCC was the best thing that has ever happened
to me. The friendships that I built is something that I cherish to this day,” he said. 

Today, Atkinson manages three Meridian-based radio stations and is involved in sports
broadcasting like that for the MCC Eagles. “Sports has brought me back home to MCC
as well because I am the voice for MCC sports on our streaming channel, mcceagles.live,”
he said. 

He also performs play-by-play commentary for Lamar School football and other announcing
duties at the college preparatory school. 

Atkinson earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of West Alabama. He and his
wife, Nikki, have four fur babies.  

This press release was produced by Meridian Community College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.