Steve Stout has been an ardent ally to the Urbana University athletic department for more than two decades. He started working at the Urbana Daily Citizen in 1979 and has followed the Blue Knights since the mid-80s. He became one of the youngest beat reporters in Bengals, Reds and Ohio State University history when he started covering them in 1979 as a correspondent for the Urbana Daily Citizen at the age of 15. Stout worked as a Daily Citizen correspondent from 1979-93 and became sports editor in April of 1993. He has continued to work as the Urbana Daily Citizen beat writer for Urbana University football and men's and women's basketball, giving the Blue Knights outstanding coverage in the local paper for more than 20 years.

He has won over 30 sports writing awards, including three first-place finishes in the statewide Associated Press contest. Stout attended Urbana University in 1984-85 and played on the varsity golf team under Coach Terry Anderson. Urbana University is pleased to induct Steve Stout as the 27th member of the Urbana University Athletic Hall of Fame.