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| Born | Elizabeth Mowins (1967-05-26)May 26, 1967 (age 58) Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Lafayette College (B.A.) Syracuse University (M.A.) |
| Occupations | Play-by-play announcer and reporter |
| Employer(s) | ESPN,CBS,Marquee Sports Network |
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Elizabeth Mowins (born May 26, 1967) is an Americanplay-by-play announcer andsports journalist forESPN,CBS, andMarquee Sports Network.[1] She typically calls women's college sports, and became the second woman to call nationally televised college football games for ESPN in 2005.[2] She began doing play-by-play for NFL games in 2017 and became the first woman to call a nationally televised NFL game. In 2021, she became the first woman to call play-by-play for an NBA game on network TV.
Mowins was born inSyracuse, New York, having three brothers; her father was a high-school basketball coach.[3] She was a basketball, softball and soccer player atCicero-North Syracuse High School inNorth Syracuse, New York.[4] She was captain of the varsity basketball team for two seasons atLafayette College inEaston, Pennsylvania.[3][5] She graduated from Lafayette with a BA in 1989, and fromSyracuse University'sS. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a master's degree in broadcast and digital journalism in 1990.[4][6][7]
Mowins began her career in 1991 as news and sports director forWXHC-FM Radio inHomer, 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 theWomen's College World Series.
Mowins was paired withCat Whitehill onESPN's tertiary broadcast team for the telecasts of the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10]
In 2015, Mowins became the play-by-play voice forOakland and later Las Vegas Raiders pre-season TV broadcasts.[11]
In May 2017, Mowins was reported bySports Illustrated'sRichard Deitsch to be the chosen play-by-play announcer on ESPN'sMonday Night Football opening week late broadcast between theLos Angeles Chargers andDenver 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 forNBC Sports.[4]
Mowins also became the first female play-by-play announcer to callNFL forCBS Sports in the network's 58-year history when she called the 2017 season'sCleveland Browns–Indianapolis Colts matchup withJay Feely.[15] In February 2021 Mowins was named as a fill-in play-by-play announcer forChicago 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 the2020 Tokyo Olympics.[7] In the same year, she began calling theNBA games onESPN.[18] In 2022, she worked with analystDoris Burke in calling an NBA game, as part of ESPN's plan to have an all-women broadcasting and production crew for the first time on a national scale.[19] Mowins and Burke returned together the following season during International Women's Day 2023.[20][21]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 1987–88 | Lafayette | 30 | - | - | 42.7 | 0.0 | 72.2 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | - | 8.5 |
| 1988–89 | Lafayette | 29 | - | - | 48.7 | 40.8 | 79.7 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 | - | 14.6 |
| Career | 59 | - | - | 46.2 | 34.5 | 76.6 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | - | 11.5 | |
| Statistics retrieved fromSports-Reference.[22] | |||||||||||||
Mowins is married to Alan Arrollado, and stepmother to his son, Matt.[23]
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