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Matt Lepay (born March 9, 1962) is anAmerican sportscaster. Since 1988, Lepay has been the radio voice for theWisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, and since 1994, the voice of theWisconsin Badgers football team.[1]
Lepay is a native ofVandalia, Ohio and graduated fromOhio State University.[2]
Lepay came toMadison, Wisconsin in 1988 and began calling games for theWisconsin Badgers men's basketball team that same year. In 1994, following a brief period as sports director forWTSO Radio in Madison, he began working forWIBA handlingWisconsin Badgers football broadcasts as well.[3] Lepay is currently employed by the university through their rights deal with the national college sports broadcasting outfit Learfield Sports.[4]
Lepay also hosts the weeklyBadger Sports Report, an all-sport Badger athletics/coach's show which airs onFanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin and statewide on local stations, includingWISC-TV.[5]
In January 2014, it was announced that Lepay would handle play-by-play for theMilwaukee Brewers television broadcasts on Fox Sports Wisconsin, as a substitute forBrian Anderson, while Anderson handled national assignments forTurner Sports, includingNBA playoff coverage for TNT andbaseball coverage for TBS.[6][7] Lepay continued to fill in for Anderson in each subsequent season until 2022, when he returned to focusing exclusively on the Badgers.[8][9][10] On June 14, 2024, Lepay called the 6th inning of the Brewers' 6-5 loss to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a 30th anniversary celebration for Brewers color analystBill Schroeder.[11]
Lepay is a seven-time winner of the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award.[12]
In May 2012, Lepay was honored by The Madison Hall of Fame Club.[13]
On June 21, 2024, Lepay was inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame.[14]
Lepay lives inCross Plains, Wisconsin with his wife Linda.[15]
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