Debbie Antonelli Biography
Debbie Antonelli is an ESPN, Big Ten Network, CBS, FOX, and Westwood One college basketball analyst. She has included WNBA games for ESPN and NBATV and has been the Indiana Fever’s primary play-by-play announcer since 1996. She is also one of three analysts for CBS’s January Saturday women’s triple header.
Debbie Antonelli Age
She was born and raised in Cary, North Carolina. She is in her early sixties.
Debbie Antonelli Education
Antonelli spent four years as the director of marketing at the University of Kentucky after getting a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University. She subsequently went on to work at Ohio State University in a similar role, which launched her successful career. Debbie got women’s basketball games shown on local television as the Buckeyes’ director of marketing, and she was also the play-by-play voice for five years.
Debbie Antonelli Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Debbie Antonelli Parents
She has not revealed any information about her parents.
Debbie Antonelli Husband
She is happily married to Frank Antonelli. They live in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. They also run the foundation “Frankie and Friends,” an organization whose main purpose is to stop bullying in schools.
Debbie Antonelli Kids
She is a loving mother of three children, Frankie Antonelli, Joey Antonelli, and Patrick Antonelli.
Debbie Antonelli ESPN News
Debbie has been a prominent influence in women’s collegiate basketball circles as a player, marketing executive, and broadcaster. She has worked as an analyst for ESPN, including games on the ACC Network, Longhorn Network, and SEC Network. Antonelli worked on first-round games in 2017. She became the first woman to announce an NCAA men’s basketball tournament game in nearly 22 years.
Additionally, her 29-year announcing career includes games for CBS, Fox Sports Net, Big Ten Network, NBATV, Westwood One, and the Indiana Fever. She has been an analyst since the WNBA began in 1997. The Wolfpack made the NCAA Tournament all four years she was a forward, as well as two Sweet 16 appearances, under the direction of famed head coach Kay Yow.
Subsequently, Antonelli is also the voice of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and a long-time member of the Board of Directors. She received the 2007 Mel Greenberg Award from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the professional who has a best-demonstrated commitment to advancing the role of the media in promoting women’s basketball.
Along with that, Coach Yow chose her to serve on the Kay Yow Cancer Fund Board of Directors for life in order to carry out her goal for the fund. Antonelli participates in numerous sports with Special Olympics and Unified Partner, including basketball and golf. She is a parent champion for Special Education and one of the creators of the Buddy Walk in Charleston, South Carolina.
Debbie Antonelli Salary
She earns an annual salary of around $100,000.
Debbie Antonelli Networth
She has amassed a networth of approximately $ 2 million- 5 million.