Gary Dolphin, Mike Hlas added to Kinnick Media Wall of Fame

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Four new University of Iowa sports media members are being added to Kinnick’s Wall of Fame.

Among the names is Cascade native and longtime football and men’s basketball sportscaster Gary Dolphin.

Dolphin has been doing play-by-play as the “Voice of the Hawkeyes” for 29 years.

He is also a three-time Iowa Sportscaster of the Year and an Iowa Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame inductee.

Another local name on the list is Mike Hlas. He’s a former sports journalist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. He spent more than four decades at the newspaper.

He has been named Iowa Sportswriter of the Year six times.

They will be inducted alongside Steve Roe and Steve Batterson. Batterson is being awarded posthumously — he died in 2023 at the age of 61.

The class will be recognized on the field before kickoff of Iowa’s home football game against Northern Iowa on September 19.