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The Fans Have Spoken: Valdosta, Ga. is SportsCenter’s “TitleTown USA”
Parkersburg, Green Bay, Massillon, Boston and Gainesville Round Out Top Six

Fans have voted Valdosta, Ga. “TitleTown USA,” the winner of ESPN SportsCenter’s interactive, multimedia search for the town, city or municipality that shares a unique affinity with its title-winning professional, college or amateur sports teams and athletes.  Valdosta received 29.2% of the votes by fans submitted through a combination of online and text message voting.

Voting to determine the winning community from among the 20 finalists began Wednesday, July 23 at 6 p.m. ET and ended Sunday, July 27 at noon.  The winner and the other five top vote getters were announced today on the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship news and information program.

Some Valdosta, Ga. “TItleTown USA” Facts
•       The Valdosta Wildcats hold the record for most wins in high school football with 838 and have won   23 Georgia State Championships and six National Championships.
•       Lowndes High School has won three of the last four state championships and five total.
•       Valdosta State University won Division II National Championships in football in 2004 and 2007.

The top six “TitleTown USA” communities (in terms of percent of the fan vote):
Valdosta, Ga.: 29.2%
Parkersburg, W.Va.: 24.4%
Green Bay, Wisc.: 11.2%
Massillon, Ohio: 6.7%
Boston, Mass.: 5.8%
Gainesville, Fla.: 5.2%

The other finalists included:  Lawrence, Kan.; Pittsburgh; Knoxville, Tenn.; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Los Angeles; Palo Alto, Calif.; Louisville, Ky.; Chicago; New York; Detroit; San Francisco; Williamsport, Pa.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Columbus, Ohio.

About SportsCenter “TitleTown USA”
“TitleTown USA” is ESPN SportsCenter’s summer-long, interactive initiative to determine which city, town or municipality, would be declared by sports fans as the place in America that best represents the unique affinity a community shares with its title-winning professional, college and/or amateur teams and athletes.  The fan-based, multimedia search featured fan-generated nominations (2,000) and a blue-ribbon panel of judges (12 SportsCenter anchors and 19 non-ESPN media professional).  It concluded with fans voting for the winning community.