Beth Mowins | |
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 at live Shootaround with Beth & Debbie | |
| Born | May 26, 1967 |
| Education | Lafayette College B.A. Syracuse University M.A. |
| Title | Play-by-Play announcer and reporter for ESPN and CBS |
Beth Mowins (born May 26, 1967) is a play-by-play announcer and sports journalist for ESPN and CBS. She typically calls women's college sports, and became only the second woman to call nationally televised college football games for ESPN in 2005.[1] Mowins was paired with Cat Whitehill on ESPN's tertiary broadcast team for the telecasts of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]
Life and career
Mowins was born in Syracuse, New York, and was a basketball, softball and soccer player at North Syracuse High School in North Syracuse, New York. She was captain of the varsity basketball team for two seasons at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.[3] She graduated from Lafayette with a BA in 1989, and from Syracuse University with a master's degree.[4]
Mowins began her career in 1991 as news and sports director for WXHC-FM Radio in Homer, New York, and is one of the 2009 inductees into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
As of 2012, Mowins lives in Saginaw, Michigan.[3]
In May 2017, Mowins was reported by Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch to be the chosen play-by-play announcer on ESPN's Monday Night Football opening week late broadcast between the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos.[6] She did that announcing job in September of that year, and thus became the first woman to call a nationally-televised NFL game.[7] That also made her only the second female play-by-play announcer in NFL regular season history; Gayle Sierens was a play-by-play announcer for the NFL regular season in 1987 for NBC Sports.
Mowins will become the first female play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS in its 58-year history when she calls the Cleveland Browns–Indianapolis Colts matchup with Jay Feely.[8]
References
- ^ Hiestand, Michael (2005-08-24). "Mowins gets call to do college football play-by-play". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ Brethertont, William (June 24, 2011). "Beat's Whitehill to work as ESPN commentator". The Marietta (GA) Daily Journal. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013.
((cite web)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|periodical=(help) - ^ a b Nelson, Tracy (2005-10-19). "Working Her Way Into The Game". College Sports Television. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "Beth Mowins, Play-by-Play Announcer". ESPN MediaZone.
- ^ "Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame announces 2009 inductees". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. 2009-06-30.
- ^ Deitsch, Richard (2017-05-14). "Media Circus: Beth Mowins to call Sept. 11 Monday Night Football late game". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/09/11/beth-mowins-denver-broncos-chargers/
- ^ Williams, Charean (2017-08-15). "CBS announces Beth Mowins to call Browns-Colts game". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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