photo by: Nick Krug

Recently-retired broadcaster Bob Davis, left of center, is honored on the floor of the Kansas House by House speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell, on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. April 28, 2016 was designated as Bob Davis Day in recognition of Davis' career, most notably as the voice of Kansas Jayhawk basketball.

TOPEKA — Bob Davis was restricted from speaking on both floors — the one thing that he’s done professionally and proficiently as voice of the Kansas Jayhawks — but he was recognized along with 150 years of the University of Kansas at Kansas State Capitol in Topeka Thursday afternoon. The Kansas House of Representatives also declared April 28, 2016 to be “Bob Davis Day.”

Davis, the recently retired voice of Kansas football and men’s basketball, toured the Kansas Statehouse and was introduced in the senate by Sen. Ralph Ostmeyer and in the house by Rep. Ray Merrick, Speaker of the House.

“I had not been to the Statehouse recently, I don’t think I’ve been since they made all the renovations – it looks great,” Davis said. “It was really interesting. I was in the house and the senate, saw a lot of people I knew. It was really kind of a fun day. It was a little different. Of course I couldn’t talk on the floor, unless you’re a member — I stood there and smiled a lot.”