Beth Mowins
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Elizabeth Mowins (born May 26, 1967) is an American
Early life and education
Mowins was born in Syracuse, New York, having three brothers; her father was a high-school basketball coach.[3] She was a basketball, softball and soccer player at Cicero-North Syracuse High School in North Syracuse, New York.[4] She was captain of the varsity basketball team for two seasons at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.[3][5] She graduated from Lafayette with a BA in 1989, and from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a master's degree in broadcast and digital journalism in 1990.[4][6][7]
Career
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.[8]
Mowins joined ESPN in 1994, covering college sports, including basketball, football, softball, soccer and volleyball.[9] She has been the network's lead voice on softball coverage, including the Women's College World Series.
Mowins was paired with
In 2015, Mowins became the play-by-play voice for Oakland and later Las Vegas Raiders pre-season TV broadcasts.[11]
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.[12] She did that announcing job in September of that year, and thus became the first woman to call a nationally televised NFL game.[13][14] 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 a game of the NFL regular season in 1987 for NBC Sports.[4]
Mowins also became the first female play-by-play announcer to call NFL for CBS Sports in the network's 58-year history when she called the 2017 season's Cleveland Browns–Indianapolis Colts matchup with Jay Feely.[15] In February 2021 Mowins was named as a fill-in play-by-play announcer for Chicago Cubs games on Marquee Sports.[16] On May 8, 2021, she became the first woman to call one of the team's regular season games.[17]
In 2021, Mowins made her NBC Olympics debut hosting softball for the
Personal life
Mowins is married to Alan Arrollado, and stepmother to his son, Matt.[22]
References
- ^ "Beth Mowins, Play-by-Play Announcer". ESPN MediaZone.
- ^ Hiestand, Michael (August 24, 2005). "Mowins gets call to do college football play-by-play". USA Today. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ a b "Women In Broadcasting, Part 4: Lisa Salters & Beth Mowins". NBA.com.
- ^ a b c Fortier, Sam (September 11, 2017). "Syracuse native Beth Mowins will be 2nd-ever woman to call 'Monday Night Football'". The Daily Orange. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ Nelson, Tracy (October 19, 2005). "Working Her Way Into The Game". College Sports Television. Archived from the original on December 30, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ "Beth Mowins G'90: Los Angeles". la.syr.edu. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ a b Enslin, Rob (July 20, 2021). "Orange Voices of the Summer Olympics". Syracuse University. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ "Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame announces 2009 inductees". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. June 30, 2009.
- ^ "Beth Mowins".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Broadcast trailblazer Beth Mowins relishes work with Raiders, NFL". RSN.
- ^ Deitsch, Richard (May 14, 2017). "Media Circus: Beth Mowins to call Sept. 11 Monday Night Football late game". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "History Is Made As Beth Mowins Calls Broncos Game « CBS Denver". Denver.cbslocal.com. September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ Tanier, Mike (September 11, 2017). "Beth Mowins: From Backyard Quarterback to MNF's 1st Woman in the Booth". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ Williams, Charean (August 15, 2017). "CBS announces Beth Mowins to call Browns-Colts game". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ Stebbins, Tim (February 17, 2021). "Marquee announces three fill-in broadcasters for Sciambi". NBC Sports Chicago.
- ^ "'Yes, you can': Another milestone for Mowins". MLB.com. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- ^ "ESPN Play-by-Play Commentator Beth Mowins to Become the First Woman to Call an NBA Regular-Season Game on ESPN This Friday" (Press release). Bristol: ESPN. December 2, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "Warriors vs. Jazz Broadcast to Have All-Woman Crew for 1st Time in ESPN's History".
- ^ "All-female ensemble set for broadcast of NBA game on ESPN". NBA.com. March 8, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ "ESPN Continues All-Women Led NBA Game & Studio Broadcasts in Celebration of International Women's Day on March 8" (Press release). Bristol: ESPN. March 3, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ Potts, Keri (November 21, 2019). ""ESPN's Beth Mowins, Come On Down! You're The First Play-By-Play Voice Of The Price Is Right!"". ESPN Front Row. Retrieved March 29, 2020.