Mike Reis is being recognized on the national level for his decades as the Voice of the Salukis.
Reis, who retired in 2023 after 44 years as the radio play-by-play announcer at SIU, has been voted by the National Sports Media Association as the winner of the 2024 Woody Durham Voice of College Sports Award.
The award is sponsored by Learfield and the University of North Carolina athletics department, the award will be presented during an awards banquet in Greensboro/High Point, N.C., on July 1.
A select group of National Sports Media Association member play-by-play announcers, including past winners, as well as representatives of the two sponsoring organizations vote on the award.
Woody Durham was the longtime voice of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.
