Rondeau Presented With Chris Schenkel Award
December 06, 2016 | Football
Longtime Husky play-by-play voice honored at NFF dinner.
Longtime Washington play-by-play announcer Bob Rondeau was presented with the Chris Schenkel Award Tuesday night at the National Football Foundation Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Rondeau, who was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in October, was honored alongside a number of other award winners, including the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2016.
A Colorado native, Rondeau first started calling Husky football games on the radio in 1978, serving as the color commentator for two years before taking over play-by-play in 1980. Since then, he's served in that role for all but three seasons. He's been the voice of UW men's basketball since 1985.
A member of the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame (2009) and the 2013 winner of the Seattle Sports Council's Keith Jackson Award, he's a 10-time recipient of the Washington State Sportscaster of the Year award.
Presented annually since 1996, the Chris Schenkel Award recognizes individuals who have had long, distinguished careers broadcasting college football with direct ties to a specific university.
This year's College Football Hall of Fame Class included: Marlin Briscoe (Nebraska Omaha), Derrick Brooks (Florida State), Tom Cousineau (Ohio State), Randall Cunningham (UNLV), Troy Davis (Iowa State), William Fuller (North Carolina), Bert Jones (LSU), Tim Krumrie (Wisconsin), Pat McInally (Harvard), Herb Orvis (Colorado), Bill Royce (Ashland [Ohio]), Mike Utley (Washington State), Scott Woerner (Georgia), Rod Woodson (Purdue) and coaches Bill Bowes (New Hampshire) and Frank Girardi (Lycoming [Pa.]).
NFF Chris Schenkel Award Recipients:
1996 — Chris Schenkel (ABC Sports)
1997 — Jack Cristil (Mississippi State)
1998 — Max Falkenstein (Kansas)
1999 — Jack Fleming (West Virginia)
2000 — Ray Christensen (Minnesota)
2001 — Frank Fallon (Baylor)
2002 — Bob Brooks (Iowa)
2003 — Larry Munson (Georgia)
2004 — Bob Robertson (Washington State)
2005 — Tony Roberts (Notre Dame)
2006 — Johnny Holiday (Maryland)
2007 — Bill Hillgrove (Pittsburgh)
2008 — Bob Curtis (Idaho) and Dick Galiette (Yale)
2009 — Larry Zimmer (Colorado)
2010 — Joe Starkey (California)
2011 — Woody Durham (North Carolina)
2012 — Bob Barry, Sr. (Oklahoma)
2013 — Gene Deckerhoff (Florida State)
2014 — Frank Beckmann (Michigan)
2015 — Jim Hawthorne (LSU)
2016 — Bob Rondeau (Washington)
Rondeau, who was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in October, was honored alongside a number of other award winners, including the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2016.
A Colorado native, Rondeau first started calling Husky football games on the radio in 1978, serving as the color commentator for two years before taking over play-by-play in 1980. Since then, he's served in that role for all but three seasons. He's been the voice of UW men's basketball since 1985.
A member of the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame (2009) and the 2013 winner of the Seattle Sports Council's Keith Jackson Award, he's a 10-time recipient of the Washington State Sportscaster of the Year award.
Presented annually since 1996, the Chris Schenkel Award recognizes individuals who have had long, distinguished careers broadcasting college football with direct ties to a specific university.
This year's College Football Hall of Fame Class included: Marlin Briscoe (Nebraska Omaha), Derrick Brooks (Florida State), Tom Cousineau (Ohio State), Randall Cunningham (UNLV), Troy Davis (Iowa State), William Fuller (North Carolina), Bert Jones (LSU), Tim Krumrie (Wisconsin), Pat McInally (Harvard), Herb Orvis (Colorado), Bill Royce (Ashland [Ohio]), Mike Utley (Washington State), Scott Woerner (Georgia), Rod Woodson (Purdue) and coaches Bill Bowes (New Hampshire) and Frank Girardi (Lycoming [Pa.]).
NFF Chris Schenkel Award Recipients:
1996 — Chris Schenkel (ABC Sports)
1997 — Jack Cristil (Mississippi State)
1998 — Max Falkenstein (Kansas)
1999 — Jack Fleming (West Virginia)
2000 — Ray Christensen (Minnesota)
2001 — Frank Fallon (Baylor)
2002 — Bob Brooks (Iowa)
2003 — Larry Munson (Georgia)
2004 — Bob Robertson (Washington State)
2005 — Tony Roberts (Notre Dame)
2006 — Johnny Holiday (Maryland)
2007 — Bill Hillgrove (Pittsburgh)
2008 — Bob Curtis (Idaho) and Dick Galiette (Yale)
2009 — Larry Zimmer (Colorado)
2010 — Joe Starkey (California)
2011 — Woody Durham (North Carolina)
2012 — Bob Barry, Sr. (Oklahoma)
2013 — Gene Deckerhoff (Florida State)
2014 — Frank Beckmann (Michigan)
2015 — Jim Hawthorne (LSU)
2016 — Bob Rondeau (Washington)
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