Lisa Byington

Byington, a native of Portage, Michigan,^[1] was a two-sport athlete at Northwestern University, playing four years of basketball and two years of soccer.^[2] Both teams made the NCAA Tournament.

Byington has worked primarily as a play-by-play announcer and reporter on FOX Sports and Big Ten Network's coverage of college football and basketball games. In 2017, Byington became the first female play-by-play to call a college football game for the Big Ten Network.^[3][4][5]

Byington announced the 2019 Women's World Cup for Fox^[6] and the 2020 Olympic Games as a play-by-play announcer for men's and women's soccer.^[7] Byington has also worked as a sideline reporter for the NCAA men's basketball tournament with CBS and Turner since 2017. On March 19, 2021, she became the first woman to do play-by-play in March Madness history for CBS and Turner Sports.^[8]

In 2021, Byington became the first female full-time play-by-play voice for a major men's professional sports team when she became the full time play-by-play announcer of the Milwaukee Bucks.^[9] Byington also handles play-by-play work for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky.