ESPN Deportes Radio’s Jorge Ramos was honored with the 2014 Medallas de Cortez Award for Personality of the Year during the 2014 Radio Ink Hispanic Conference on Monday, March 10 in San Diego. The awards were established in 2007 to recognize excellence in Hispanic radio broadcasting.

“On behalf of our ESPN Deportes Radio family, I would like to congratulate Jorge for his dedication and involvement in the industry, the sport and the community,” said Oscar Ramos, Senior Director and General Manager of ESPN Deportes Radio. “His voice, commitment and charisma have been an integral part of our efforts to serve the U.S. Hispanic sports fans.”

“I am honored to be the recipient of this award,” said Jorge Ramos. “I am also truly thankful for the recognition and support I continuously receive from my ESPN colleagues. They make doing what I love to do, even better – I thank them all.”

Jorge Ramos, better known as “el relator de las Américas” – commentator of the Americas – is synonymous with soccer for millions of fans in the U.S. He joined ESPN Deportes in 2005.

With his trademark combination of enthusiasm and knowledge, Ramos brings the passion from the soccer field to the airwaves on Jorge Ramos y Su Banda, ESPN Deportes Radio’s daily soccer program (simulcast on ESPN Deportes TV). Ramos also serves as a soccer play-by-play commentator for ESPN Deportes and often collaborates on ESPN’s soccer coverage in English as a reporter and play-by-play commentator.

During his illustrious thirty-year career, Ramos has served as play-by-play commentator for more than 3,000 soccer matches and has covered seven FIFA World Cups, the 2003 Women’s World Cup, three Copa Americas and numerous European Cups.  One of the most gratifying moments in his career was providing play-by-play for the 1986 World Cup—the first-ever FIFA World Cup on Spanish-language radio in the U.S.

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