When former UNC basketball star Eric Montross passed away on Dec. 17 last year, shockwaves swept throughout Tar Heel Nation.
Montross, a 7-foot tower on the basketball court, was an integral part of helping North Carolina capture the 1993 NCAA Championship. He went on to play eight NBA seasons with six different teams, most recently the Toronto Raptors, but never experienced the same success as in college.
After Montross retired from the NBA, he joined the Tar Heel Sports Network as a color commentator. If you watched any UNC home games, chances are you saw Montross on the sidelines.
As an honor for his talent and dedication to the broadcast booth over the years, Montross was named one of six inductees into the North Carolina Media and Journalism Hall of Fame.
“We are honored to welcome Eric Montross posthumously to the NC Media and Journalism Hall of Fame,” the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media said on Monday morning.https://t.co/RbUKbcPnIU
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Montross is joined by fellow 2024 honorees in J.J. Carter, Skip Foreman, Melanie Sill, Ami Vitale and Capitol Broadcasting Co.
Montross could be seen calling games with Woody Durham and a fellow Tar Heels broadcasting legend in Jones Angell. A couple of memorable games Montroll called include UNC’s 2009 and 2017 NCAA Championships.
Even though North Carolina is in the midst of its best season since 2018-2019, there’s a big hole in Chapel Hill without Big Grits.
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