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LSU Play-By-Play Man Jim Hawthorne Will Retire Next Year
by Staff Reporter
February 11, 201524 Comments
LSUSports.net announced Wednesday that LSU play-by-play commentator Jim Hawthorne, who has been calling LSU events for the past 35 years will retire at the end of the basketball season next year.
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quote:LSU Sports Information Michael Bonnette writes that "a nationwide search for Hawthorne's successor will begin in the spring."
“I have been exceptionally blessed and extremely fortunate to have been part of the LSU Radio broadcast team for more than 30 years,” Hawthorne said. “But, now it has come time to prepare to step aside and move into a new phase in my life. At the end of the 2015-16 basketball season I will retire from this position. At the age of 71, I look very much forward to spending more time visiting my family and traveling with my wife and best friend, Carol.
“I want to sincerely thank the LSU administration, all of the coaches I have had the pleasure to work with and the entire Fighting Tiger nation for their support. It has meant more to me than I could possibly describe. I also want to wish, for whomever is chosen to take over these responsibilities, the very best. I hope he will understand what a gift he has been given and has the chance to experience many years as ‘The Voice of the Tigers' and the thrills it has given me.”
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