NDSU

Watch 2016 Induction Ceremony

Bison Radio Play-By-Play Announcer, 1996-2016
The man who called five North Dakota State University football national championships, three Top 25 men's basketball victories, and described countless other "My, Oh My!" moments for Bison Nation passed away this year … Scott Miller, the play-by-play voice of NDSU football and basketball for 20 seasons died Feb. 25, 2016, at a Fargo hospital surrounded by his family after a nearly four-year fight against melanoma … Miller, 57, joined the NDSU broadcast team in 1996 with WDAY before moving to KFGO in 2010.  In addition to his game day duties, he hosted the weekly "Bison Feedback" call-in show with NDSU coaches and read the inductions for the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony annually … Also the play-by-play voice of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks independent professional baseball club the past 10 seasons, he was an avid baseball fan who came to share a nickname with New York Yankees legends Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris … The "M&M Boys" at NDSU were Miller and long-time colleague Jack Michaels, who called men's and women's basketball games together in the days of Division II doubleheaders Friday and Saturday nights … A consummate professional, Miller delivered descriptions of Bison wins and losses in the Division II years as well as he did in the biggest moments of NDSU's rapid rise to prominence in Division I, including men's basketball wins at Wisconsin and Marquette, and an NCAA tournament victory over Oklahoma … "Ever since I was a little kid, being a broadcaster always intrigued me," Miller told the Minot (N.D.) Daily News in a 2011 interview … A 1976 graduate of Minot High School, Miller was a member of the Minot High Symphonic Choir and the Change of Pace singers, a pop singing group.  He spent one year as a music student at Minot State before going to Washington State on a full-tuition scholarship and beginning his sports broadcasting career … Miller was the Montana Sportscaster of the Year during a three-year stop as Montana State's play-by-play voice, and he also called games for Idaho, Eastern Washington and Pacific Lutheran before spending four years at the University of North Dakota from 1992 to 1995 … He was a 2004 recipient of the North Central Conference Ed Kolpack Media Award in recognition of his contributions to the conference, and was the 2010 North Dakota Sportscaster of the Year.