Mark Neely has been a play-by-play announcer with ESPN for over two decades. He began calling Major League Baseball for ESPN in 2001 and added college football, basketball and baseball, as well as a variety of school-sponsored sports including soccer, volleyball, softball and the men’s and women’s NCAA swimming & diving national championships.

Neely spent two seasons (2009-11) calling games as the lead play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres TV.

A native of St. Louis, Mo., Neely graduated from the University of Kansas.