Scott Van Pelt

Scott Van Pelt
Born	Brookeville, Maryland
Education	University of Maryland
Occupation	Sportscaster
Notable credit(s)	SportsCenter (2001–present) The Scott Van Pelt Show (2007 [as Tirico & Van Pelt] –present)

Scott Van Pelt is an American sportscaster. He is an anchor for the 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter on ESPN, the host of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio and has also covered various golf events for the network.

Biography

Early life

Van Pelt was born in Brookeville, Maryland and grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He graduated from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland and enrolled at the University of Maryland where he studied radio/television and film. He was a member of the fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha.

Career

Van Pelt began his career in sportscasting at WTTG-TV, a FOX affiliate in Washington, D.C. in 1990 and then moved on to the Golf Channel, where he worked from 1994 to 2000 as a studio host for some of the network's signature programs. He left the channel in 2001 to join ESPN, where he serves as an anchor for SportsCenter and is one of the network's top golf correspondents, covering major tournaments such as The Masters and the British Open. He also is a prominent personality for ESPN Radio, where he was the co-host of Tirico and Van Pelt alongside Mike Tirico before the program was canceled and replaced with Van Pelt's own three-hour program, The Scott Van Pelt Show, in 2009.

Van Pelt has also appeared as a commentator in golf video games, alongside Kelly Tilghman on EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and in a comedic turn in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am.

External links

• Official bio
• Interview with Justin Buck and George Miller (πKa Members)