Kate Scott (sportscaster)
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| Born | 1983 or 1984 (age 40–41)[1] Clovis, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Sports announcer, radio personality |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Employer(s) | Philadelphia 76ers, Learfield Sports |
| Spouse | Nicole |
Kate Scott is an American sportscaster who is currently the play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers. She also calls select college football and PAC-12 basketball games on the radio and covered the Golden State Warriors until her hire by the 76ers in September 2021.[2]
Scott is the first full-time female broadcaster in the city of Philadelphia, and one of the first women to be the primary play-by-play caller for an NBA team.
Biography
Scott was born and raised in Clovis, California. She graduated from Clovis High School in 2001. She attended UC Berkeley where she majored in Communications. As a sophomore, she became the school's first female "Mic Man", leading the cheers in the student section for their football games.[3][4] She did an internship with KLLC ("Alice @ 97.3").[4] She graduated in 2005.[5] She took on various radio jobs including Metro Traffic.[6]
She joined KNBR in 2011 where she provided sports updates for their morning show and filled in as a substitute host.[7] She also served as a television sideline reporter for the San Jose Earthquakes[8][5] for three years, called high school football for Comcast, and anchored a Saturday night sports program for NBC Bay Area.[8]
In August 2016, Scott became the first woman to call an NFL game on the radio.[4] She covered two pre-season games for the San Francisco 49ers.[7]
In December 2016, she left KNBR to join the Pac-12 Network.[4] In 2017, she became the first woman play-by-play announcer for a regular season football game on the Pac-12 Network. She has also anchored, hosted, and announced on multiple sports for the network.[9][8]
For International Women’s Day on March 8, 2020, she was part of the first-ever all-women broadcast crew for a National Hockey League game on NBCSN. She was the play-by-play announcer, with Olympians A. J. Mleczko and Kendall Coyne Schofield as analysts.[5][10]
In October 2020, she joined the "Morning Roast" team as a morning co-host on KGMZ-FM ("95.7 The Game").[11][1] She continued to work with the Pac-12 network.[8]
On March 29, 2021, for Women's History Month, she became the first woman play-by-play radio announcer for the Golden State Warriors as she and sportscasters Mary Murphy and Kerith Burke covered their game with the Chicago Bulls.[1] For the 2020 Summer Olympics, she did play-by-play for some of the men's and women's basketball team games.[12] In August 2021, she left 95.7 The Game, and joined radio host Mike Golic to call play-by-play for 13 games for the Learfield Sports radio program College Football Saturday Night.[13][14]
On September 23, 2021, it was announced that Scott would become the play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers. She became the second woman to do a full-time play-by-play role for a major sports franchise, after Lisa Byington for the Milwaukee Bucks.[15]
Personal life
While she was an intern with KLLC, Scott met Nicole in San Francisco. They got married.[16] They have a pitbull named Piper, who is a rescue.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Warriors: Kate Scott leads all-female radio crew for tonight's game". March 29, 2021.
- ^ White, Emilee. "Kate Scott Is Taking It All In As the Voice of the Sixers". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Staff, Allie Coyne | (September 10, 2020). "'A microcosm of life': Sportscaster Kate Scott on passion, humanity in sports". The Daily Californian.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e Ferris, Jack (December 23, 2019). "Kate Scott Shows Up Better Than Anyone".
- ^ a b c "Clovis High Grad Kate Scott Makes Broadcast History Sunday". March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Kate Scott and her journey to the Pac-12 Network | UO AWSM". blogs.uoregon.edu.
- ^ a b "Kate Scott's 49ers Call is One For the Books". Insideradio.com.
- ^ a b c d "Kate Scott".
- ^ "Yogi Roth and Kate Scott sign multi-year extensions with Pac-12 Networks | Pac-12". pac-12.com.
- ^ Tse, Oliver (February 17, 2020). "National Hockey League on International Women's Day 2020 Part II: KATE SCOTT will call play-by-play of Chicago Blackhawks vs St. Louis Blues on NBCSN in the U.S."
- ^ "Kate Scott Leads New Morning Show At San Francisco's '95.7 The Game.'". Insideradio.com.
- ^ Killion, Ann (July 12, 2021). "'I know I'm breaking through': Kate Scott ready for her Olympic moment in the booth". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Staff, B. S. M. (August 18, 2021). "Kate Scott Exits 95.7 The Game Morning Show".
- ^ "Mike Golic And Kate Scott To Call Games On 'College Football Saturday Night.'". Insideradio.com.
- ^ Kroichick, Ron (September 23, 2021). "Bay Area broadcaster Kate Scott to become television voice of 76ers". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Greger, Mike (October 7, 2021). "Sixers Exclusive: Kate Scott Shattering Ceilings, Channeling Allen Iverson".
External links
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