Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame
Gary Ayers (Broadcaster, Catamount Sports Network)
“Voice of the Catamounts” since the mid-1980s, providing play-by-play audio broadcasting through the Catamount Sports Network covering Western Carolina football and men’s basketball radio broadcasts. Also painted the picture over the air for women’s basketball and through the department’s ESPN broadcast initiatives for baseball and softball. With a broadcast career that began in 1975, he took over WCU broadcasts in 1985 – and except for a couple of seasons providing public address announcing, he has been the familiar voice Catamount fans have come accustomed to hearing over the airwaves.
