Fylling, Jeff

1974 Lennox/1978 Augustana graduate. For almost 50 years, Jeff Fylling painted pictures of Augustana football and basketball teams for radio audiences. Through his voice, he created some of the best sports images in state history. On Sept. 3, 1984, Fylling called his first game as the Voice of the Vikings’ football team as Augustana defeated Sioux Falls College 45-14. On Oct, 2, 2021, Fylling called his 400th Augustana football game (USF defeated Augie 28-26). By the end of the 2025 season, he had called 442 Vikings’ football games. Fylling became the voice of the Augie men’s basketball team in 1983, and he called more than 1,600 Vikings games during his career. He called the Vikings’ men’s national championship win in 2016 and called Vikings games against legendary college basketball programs such as Duke in iconic arenas. In his 42 seasons as the Voice of the Vikings, Fylling saw 34 NCAA tournament appearances between football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball and was on the call for the 2013 Women’s Final Four team. He was also behind the microphone of more than 1,200 high school football and boys’/girls’ basketball games for KSOO and Results Radio in Sioux Falls from 1974-2012. That was a career of announcing almost 3,500 games on SD radio. Fylling worked in the banking and radio industry for more than 30 years before joining Sanford Health in 2012 until his retirement in 2021 as an executive who dealt with its sports medicine and the health group’s deep connection to athletics worldwide. Fylling was a Heisman Trophy voter from 1991-2026, on the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Board from 1990-2026 and emceed the SDSHOF’s annual banquet from 2002-2025. He played basketball, baseball and golf and ran cross country in high school and played golf at Augie. He managed baseball teams in Lennox, Legion (eight years, one state tourney appearance) and amateur (15 years, nine state tourney appearances, one state runner-up finish). He is a member of the Augie Hall of Fame and was named an Augustana distinguished alumni in 2015. Fylling also is a past winner of the prestigious North Central Conference Kolpack Media Award.