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Huskies play-by-play man Bob Rondeau says he will retire after 2017 football season

Bob Rondeau, Washington’s football play-by-play man for 36 years, announced that he will retire following the 2017 season.

Rondeau, who has also called UW men’s basketball games for the past 31 years, said in a statement that “I have cherished both the opportunity and the challenge to properly represent a great institution and to be connected to those who so passionately support it.”

"Bob Rondeau is an icon of Husky Athletics," UW athletic director Jennifer Cohen said in a statement. “In nearly four decades of outstanding work, he has narrated many of the most memorable Husky sports moments.