Episode #26- Debbie Antonelli, veteran college basketball analyst for ESPN, CBS, FOX, and Westwood One, Mount Pleasant, SC

Debbie Antonelli is an Emmy Award-winning college basketball analyst who works for ESPN, CBS, FOX, and Westwood One. She also does WNBA games for ESPN and NBATV, and was the main play-by-play voice of the Indiana Fever for 18 years. She played women's basketball at North Carolina State for the legendary Kay Yow from 1982-1986. After graduation, she worked at Ohio University where she earned a master's degree in sports administration, then spent time as the Director of Marketing in the athletic departments at both University of Kentucky and Ohio State University. She served as the play-by-play announcer for Ohio State women's basketball for five years and as an analyst for University Dayton men's basketball for three years. One of her greatest achievements came in 2007 when she won the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Mel Greenberg Media Award which recognizes a member of the media who has best displayed a commitment to women's basketball and to advancing the role of the media in promoting the women's game. She was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Antonelli lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with her husband Frank, and their three children. During the off-season, Antonelli provides basketball camps and clinics for the local community. Her family also run the foundation "Frankie and Friends," an organization whose main purpose is to stop bullying in schools. She also has raised over $400,000 over the last three years through "24 Hours of Nothing but Net," a 24-hour free throw marathon to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics South Carolina. The website for this fundraiser is https://www.classy.org/campaign/24-hours-nothing-but-net/c331929. Debbie's personal website is http://debbieantonelli.com/.