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Kate Scott
Born1983 or 1984 (age 40–41)[1]
Fresno, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California at Berkeley
Occupation(s)Sports announcer, radio personality
Years active2011–present
EmployerNBC Sports Philadelphia[2]
SpouseNicole

Kate Scott is an American sportscaster who is currently the television play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers. Scott also calls international soccer for Fox Sports[3] and CBS Sports[4] and is the preseason television voice of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.[5]

In June 2024, it was announced that Scott would be one of four new commentators—and the first woman—to join the Madden video game franchise.[6] She and broadcast partner Brock Huard are one of three options for commentary teams in Madden NFL 25.[7]

Scott is the only woman – and one of a select few play-by-play voices regardless of gender – to have called games for the NBA, NFL, NHL, NCAA D1 football, the Olympics, and a FIFA World Cup.[8]

Early life

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Scott was born in Fresno, California, and raised in Clovis, California.[9] 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 cheers in the student section for their football and basketball games.[10][11] She wrote for The Bear Insider magazine, and its ESPN affiliated website.[12][9] She did an internship with KLLC ("Alice @ 97.3").[11] She graduated in 2005.[13]

Career

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After graduating college, Scott soon joined Metro Networks, where she was a reporter, producer, and anchor, doing traffic, news, and sports updates for a number of Bay Area radio stations[11][14] including KSFO-AM, KFRC-AM, KCBS-AM, KFOG-FM, and KNBR-AM.[9] During that time, she also did on-screen television reporting for Cal football for CSN California and hosted Cal football's postgame radio show on KGO 810.[9]

She joined KNBR - the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, and Stanford football radio flagship - full-time in 2011 where she provided sports updates for their morning and midday shows and filled in as a substitute host.[15] She also served as a television sideline reporter for the San Jose Earthquakes,[12][16][13] reported for the San Jose Giants minor league team,[9] called high school football for Comcast, and anchored Saturday night sports for NBC Bay Area.[16][11]

In August 2016, Scott became the first woman to call an NFL game on the radio.[11] She covered two preseason games for the San Francisco 49ers.[15]

In December 2016, she left KNBR to join the Pac-12 Network full-time to focus on play-by-play.[11] In 2017, she became the first woman to call a football game on the Pac-12 Network.[17] In addition to calling football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, softball, and volleyball, Scott also anchored, reported, and hosted the Network's award-winning features program "Our Stories".[18][16]

For International Women’s Day on March 8, 2020, she was part of the first-ever all-women's broadcast crew for a National Hockey League game in the United States on NBCSN. Scott provided play-by-play alongside Olympic gold medal-winning analysts A.J. Mleczko and Kendall Coyne Schofield.[13][19][20][21]

In October 2020, Scott joined KGMZ-FM (95.7 "The Game") as a co-host of their new morning show.[22][23] She continued to work with the Pac-12 Network.[16]

In March 2021, Scott became the first woman to call a Golden State Warriors game (and the first to do play-by-play of an NBA game on the radio) as she and sportscasters Mary Murphy, Kerith Burke, and Chiney Ogwumike covered the Warriors game against the Chicago Bulls.[1]

In June 2021, she became the first woman to call men’s Copa América and Gold Cup soccer matches for Fox Sports. The following month Scott provided play-by-play for the majority of the men's and women's basketball games at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in July 2021) on NBC and its family of networks.[24]

In August 2021, Scott left 95.7 "The Game" and joined analyst Mike Golic as the play-by-play voice for Learfield's newly launched brand "College Football Saturday Night." The duo visited Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma State, Colorado, South Carolina, Texas A&M and many more storied college football programs during their 13-week cross-country adventure to bring listeners a national game of the week.[25][26]

On September 23, 2021, it was announced that Scott would become the television play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers, replacing the retiring Marc Zumoff. She became the second woman to do a full-time play-by-play role for a major men's professional sports team, after Lisa Byington for the Milwaukee Bucks.[27][28]

Personal life

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While she was an intern with KLLC, Scott met and later married her wife Nicole in San Francisco.[29][30] They have a pit bull named Piper, who is a rescue.[11]

Although she is not religious, Scott says that she was raised in the Jewish faith and culture by her mother. Scott is a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California.[31]

References

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  1. ^ a b Barney, Chuck (March 29, 2021). "Warriors: Kate Scott leads all-female radio crew for tonight's game". The Mercury News.
  2. ^ "Kate Scott on Pelicans Weekly - October 20, 2021". New Orleans Pelicans.
  3. ^ "FOX Sports announces broadcasters for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  4. ^ Staff, S. V. G. (2024-02-23). "CBS Sports to Present Exclusive Coverage of CONCACAF W Gold Cup Across Paramount+ and CBS Sports Golazo Network". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  5. ^ Boyle, John (2023-06-07). "Kate Scott & K.J. Wright Join Seahawks Preseason Broadcast Team For 2023". Seahawks.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  6. ^ Jackson, Devin (14 June 2024). "Sixers broadcaster Kate Scott is one of four new broadcast voices on Madden NFL 25". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ Neumann, Sam (14 June 2024). "Madden NFL 25 has two new commentary teams, including Mike Tirico and Greg Olsen". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  8. ^ Goulet, Emily (2023-12-17). "How Kate Scott Went From Outsider to Groundbreaking Voice of the Sixers". Philadelphia Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Speaker Faculty – Kate Scott". InterSport Brand Engagement and Content Summit (Press release). Sports Business Journal. 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  10. ^ Coyne, Allie (September 10, 2020). "'A microcosm of life': Sportscaster Kate Scott on passion, humanity in sports". The Daily Californian.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Ferris, Jack (December 23, 2019). "Kate Scott Shows Up Better Than Anyone". Barrett Sports Media.
  12. ^ a b Richter Media (May 26, 2014). "Kate Scott finds acceptance in Quakes family". San Jose Earthquakes.
  13. ^ a b c "Clovis High Grad Kate Scott Makes Broadcast History Sunday". GV Wire. March 9, 2020.
  14. ^ Demanett, Hayley (April 25, 2018). "Kate Scott and her journey to the Pac-12 Network". Association for Women in Sports Media. University of Oregon. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Kate Scott's 49ers Call is One For the Books". Inside Radio. August 12, 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d "Kate Scott – Soccer Play-By-Play Announcer". Fox Sports Press Pass. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  17. ^ Brown, PJ (August 31, 2017). "'Seasoned pro' Kate Scott ready to make Pac-12 play-by-play history". Associated Press.
  18. ^ "Yogi Roth and Kate Scott sign multi-year extensions with Pac-12 Networks". Pac-12 Network (Press release). December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 14, 2020.
  19. ^ Caesar, Dan (March 6, 2020). "Kate Scott to make her NHL broadcasting debut on Blues-Blackhawks game". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  20. ^ Myers, Tracey (March 9, 2021). "Scott, Mleczko, Coyne Schofield find rhythm in all-women NHL broadcast". National Hockey League. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  21. ^ Foster, Alana (March 11, 2020). "Q&A: Kate Scott on NHL All-Women Broadcast Crew". International Broadcasting Convention. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  22. ^ "Kate Scott Leads New Morning Show At San Francisco's '95.7 The Game.'". Inside Radio. October 8, 2020.
  23. ^ Barney, Chuck (October 2, 2021). "95.7 The Game unveils new morning lineup, including Kate Scott". East Bay Times.
  24. ^ Killion, Ann (July 12, 2021). "'I know I'm breaking through': Kate Scott ready for her Olympic moment in the booth". San Francisco Chronicle.
  25. ^ "Kate Scott Exits 95.7 The Game Morning Show". Barrett Sports Media. August 18, 2021.
  26. ^ "Mike Golic And Kate Scott To Call Games On 'College Football Saturday Night.'". Inside Radio. September 2, 2021.
  27. ^ White, Emilee (October 27, 2021). "'It Has Been a Whirlwind': Kate Scott Is Taking It All In As the Voice of the Sixers". Sports Illustrated.
  28. ^ Kroichick, Ron (September 23, 2021). "Bay Area broadcaster Kate Scott to become television voice of 76ers". San Francisco Chronicle.
  29. ^ Bingham, Roger (March 11, 2020). "Jock Talk: Out broadcaster blazes a trail". Bay Area Reporter.
  30. ^ Greger, Mike (October 7, 2021). "Sixers Exclusive: Kate Scott Shattering Ceilings, Channeling Allen Iverson". Heavy.
  31. ^ Saffren, Jarrad (October 14, 2021). "New 76ers Voice Details Her Jewish Background". The Jewish Exponent.
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