About - Excellence In Broadcasting Award

Andraya Carter

2023 Excellence in Broadcasting Honoree

The award will be presented at a virtual ceremony Thursday April 6th.

Andraya Carter joined ESPN in 2018 as a basketball analyst & reporter. Over the past five years, Carter has established herself as one of the rising stars of ESPN’s comprehensive basketball coverage.

In addition to her studio and commentating roles on both women’s college basketball and the WNBA, she has added college football sideline reporting to her repertoire, as well as co-hosting the weekly studio show Out of Pocket on SEC Network. Andraya is currently one of only two college sports reporters at ESPN who are sideline reporters for college football and studio/game analysts for another sport. 

Carter made her debut in the men’s basketball game as an analyst in G-League action in 2020, and has quickly risen to become a prominent and respected voice in the men’s game. Carter is the lead sideline reporter on ESPN’s Big Monday college basketball coverage and the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament. In 2022, Carter made her NBA announcing debut, working as a pre & postgame analyst for the Brooklyn Nets on YES Network.

The Flowery Branch, Ga. native is a double graduate of The University of Tennessee and was a three-year women’s basketball letterwinner for the Lady Vols. Carter was also recently named to The Athletic’s 40 Under 40: Rising Stars in Women’s Basketball, and named the 2022 NSMA Best Young Sports Reporter.

In 2016 The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia (PCP), as part of the annual Dawn Staley Award Ceremony, bestowed a Legends Award to Carolyn Peck for her historic achievements as a Women’s basketball coach and her excellent work as a broadcaster. It was determined in 2017 that ( PCP) would acknowledge Carolyn Peck’s broadcasting legacy by creating the Dawn Staley “EXCELLENCE IN BROADCASTING AWARD” to honor broadcasting professionals who excel in their profession while bringing visibility and prominence to women sports.   Past honorees include:

Carolyn Peck                     2016*

Vera Jones                          2017

La China Robinson         2018

Holly Rowe                         2019**

No recipient in 2020

Tiffany Greene                  2021

Arielle Chambers             2022

*Carolyn Peck -Legends award winner

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