UH Sports Circle of Honor
“The Voice” of UH Athletics for over 40 years, Jim Leahey announced thousands of home and away contests in football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, softball, soccer, swimming and water polo on both radio and television. He officially began his decades-long involvement with UH as the P.A. announcer for the inaugural Rainbow Classic in 1964. He often joined father Chuck in the radio booth as a color analyst for KGU then took over play-by-play duties in 1973. He became “The TV Voice” of Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine teams in 1984, working for KGMB, and later KFVE and OCSports. He was a 19-time recipient of Hawai‘i Sportscaster of the Year.
