Prior is the 14th Illinois State representative in the MVC Hall of Fame, joining Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw (1998), Doug Collins (1998), Cathy Boswell (2003), Will Robinson (2003), Jill Hutchison (2008), John Coughlan (2009), Linda Herman (2014), D.A. Weibring (2015), Dave Bergman (2016), Sue Daggett Miller (2016), Charlotte Lewis (2017), Christian Goy (2018) and Kristi Cirone (2019).
“Mike was a tremendous multi-sport student-athlete during his career at Illinois State,” ISU Director of Athletics Larry Lyons said. “He is easily one of the greatest athletes to ever compete for the Redbirds or for any MVC school. He could have played at the highest level in professional baseball, had he not chosen to play in the National Football League for 13 seasons.