[flamehunter]

Congratulations to Mr. Edwards. A well deserved honor.

Jerry Edwards, Liberty, Radio Broadcaster, 1981-10
Elected as a significant contributor, Edwards served as the radio "Voice of the Flames" for 29 years and was behind the microphone when Liberty joined the Big South in 1991-92, witnessing several key moments in Conference history. He broadcast football, men's basketball and baseball, and called more than 300 football games and 800 men's basketball contests, having traveled as far as Alaska, Hawai'i and Puerto Rico to cover Liberty's athletic programs. Edwards was on the call for some of the most memorable athletics events in program history, including football's first FBS victory over Eastern Michigan, 25-24, in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Oct. 14, 1989 and Liberty's two men's basketball NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994 (vs. No. 1 seed North Carolina) and 2004 (vs. No. 1 seed St. Joseph's). His first game in the radio booth on the Flames Sports Network was in Salisbury, N.C., for Liberty's football game against Catawba on Sept. 12, 1981, and he missed only one football game and just a handful of men's basketball games during the next three decades of broadcasting. Edwards began his broadcasting career in 1968 at WNYN Radio and WJAN-TV in Canton, Ohio, broadcasting high school and college football, basketball and baseball. In 1979, he moved to Lynchburg, Va., to attend the Liberty Bible Institute and was hired to broadcast his first Flames football game just after the opening of the 1981 season. Inducted into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 17, 2011, Edwards still serves as the station manager for WRVL and the host of "The Morning Full of Music," which runs from 6:00-8:15 Monday-Friday. The radio broadcasting booth in the Williams Stadium Tower is named in Edwards' honor.

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[rogers3]

+1

Jerry is a good man.