Congratulations are in order for Sean McDonough!
Congratulations are in order for Syracuse alum and prominent ESPN broadcaster Sean McDonough, who was honored with a major award on Thursday.
Veteran ESPN PxP Sean McDonough got quite the surprise to start his 2026, as our crew shared that he's been named the 2025 @NSMAsportsmedia National Sportscaster of the Year
McDonough is broadcasting the College Football Playoff game between Ole Miss and Georgia on Thursday night and was made aware of the award on Thursday morning.
Within the announcement video, an emotional McDonough said there was a lot going through his mind. And he said "to have your peers feel that way about you, especially at this point in my life and career, wow."
About McDonough
A 1984 graduate of Syracuse, he's a 2014 inductee of the WAER Hall of Fame, McDonough is also a Marty Glickman Award winner. And in 2019, he got the George Arents Award, which is the highest honor to given to an SU alum.
In addition to his SU ties, he's been the voice of the Boston Red Sox on NESN and WEEI, and he worked at CBS Sports for a decade, calling college football and Major League Baseball. He's also broadcast grand slam tennis, the NCAA Tournament in men's basketball and the winter Olympics.
He serves as a national college football, basketball, golf, and NHL broadcaster for ESPN and ABC now.
You can read his full bio from ESPN Press Room here.
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About the award
From the NSMA:
National Sportscasters and Sportswriters of the Year are selected through a nomination and final balloting process. From mid-October through mid-November, NSMA members may nominate up to three people for each category. The Top 10 from that nomination process are placed on the final ballot for voting throughout the month of December.
Syracuse alum Ian Eagle won the award in 2022 and 2024 while Kevin Harlan of Turner Sports won in 2023.
Also on campus
--The Syracuse women's basketball team will play another ACC contest on Thursday night (6 p.m. ET) when they host Florida State at the JMA Wireless Dome. The SU women are 11-2 overall, but are coming off a 20-point loss against Duke on Sunday. The Orange are 1-1 inside league play, having also beaten SMU earlier in the campaign.
--The SU men will be back in action on Jan. 6 on the road at Georgia Tech. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET and that will be a big game for Naithan George and Ibrahim Souare, who played previously for the Yellow Jackets.
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