EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., July 22 -- Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville issued the following news release:
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvillealumnusSteve Porter,'73,has been selectedas aninducteein the Illinois Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Aveteran inprintmedia, Porterworked as a sportswriter for 45 years with the Alton Telegraph, Alton AdVantageand Collinsville Herald.Throughout his distinguished career, hehas been actively covering athletes,teamsandevents thathad alasting impact onthe athletics community ofIllinois.
Porter graduated with abachelor'sin mass communicationsand is currently an Alumni Association Board member.
"When I enrolled at SIUE in the summer of 1969, I wasn't certain what I wanted to do. But when Ista...