| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-11-22)November 22, 1967 (age 58) Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Sport | |
| Position | Goalie |
| NLL teams | Baltimore Thunder |
| NCAA team | Johns Hopkins University |
| Pro career | 1999 |
Quint Elroy Kessenich (/ˈkɛsnɪk/KESS-nik;[1] born November 22, 1967) is an Americansportscaster forABC andESPN television covering lacrosse, basketball, football, hockey, wrestling andhorse racing since 1993.
Kessenich is a former All-Americanlacrosse goalkeeper. He attendedJohns Hopkins University from 1987 to 1990, where he was a two-time winner of theEnsign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Award as the nation's best goalie. Kessenich played one year of professional lacrosse with theBaltimore Thunder in 1999, and played at the amateur level for the storiedMount Washington Lacrosse Club.[2]
He got his writing debut with a horse racing newspaper calledThe Saratoga Special,[3] writing for brothers Joe and Sean Clancy in the famed horse racing town ofSaratoga Springs, New York. He is also a regular contributor to the lacrosse magazine,Inside Lacrosse. He was a color commentator withJoe Beninati orScott Garceau forChesapeake Bayhawks games onNBC Sports Washington andESPN3.
Kessenich attendedLynbrook High School inLynbrook, New York, where he starred insoccer,wrestling (winning two county championships) and lacrosse.[4]
On November 29, 2013, Kessenich made national headlines when he interviewed an indignantBo Pelini at halftime of theIowa-Nebraska football game telecast on ABC in which the Nebraska coach responded to the reporter's inquiry on a pair of Cornhusker turnovers with "What do you think? What kind of question is that?" The incident came one week afterMichigan State Spartans football coachMark Dantonio snapped at Kessenich during the halftime interview.[5]
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Award 1987–1988 | Succeeded by Tony Guido |
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