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Debbie Antonelli

Categories: Class of 2022
  • Played for NC State, participating in four NCAA Tournaments and appearing in two Sweet Sixteen as team captain (1983-1986)
  • Director of Marketing at the University of Kentucky, then at the Ohio State University
  • When she arrived at the Ohio State University as Director of Marketing, the college did not have any televised women’s sports. She arranged a deal with a local station to air eight women’s games per season, found sponsors to produce the games, and became the play-by-play voice for each matchup.
  • Announced Ohio State women’s games for five years while also serving as an analyst for Dayton Flyers’ men’s basketball games for three years.
  • ACC Distinguished Service Award (2000)
  • The first female analyst in 22 years on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for CBS/Turner Sports (2017 to present)
  • On-air talent for WNBA games and has been the main play-by-play voice for the Indiana Fever
  • Conducted media training, team building workshops, and seminars with over 50 Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Programs
  • Inductee of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Class (2021)
  • A member of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund Board of Directors/Executive Committee since its inception
  • Created the “Antonelli’s Girls Only Sports Camp” in Mount Pleasant, SC, which introduces girls to twenty different sports (2016)
  • 2x Emmy Award winner and Gracie Award Winner for her work in broadcasting basketball
  • Works for ESPN, Big Ten Network, CBS, FOX, and Westwood One
  • Antonelli is the voice of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as the WBHOF Induction Ceremony Emcee
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