Anish Shroff (born 1982) is the radio play-by-play man for the

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and play-by-play announcer and on-air host at

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Early life and education

Shroff was born in

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, to Indian parents who are both from

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. His father is a professional photographer. Shroff graduated from Bloomfield High School in 2000, and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

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Career

He was featured on the second season of

reality show ''

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'' in 2004, in which he was one of the three finalists. Following his stint on ''Dream Job'', Shroff worked as an anchor, talk show host and play-by-play announcer at WHEN Radio in Syracuse, New York. He was later a freelance anchor at CSTV (now

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) in

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and then served as sports director at KNDO-TV in

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. He joined ESPN on January 1, 2008, initially at

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. While at ESPN, he called college baseball, football, basketball and lacrosse, and hosted various shows on ESPN and

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. In March 2022, he was named the third play-by-play announcer in Panthers history following Mick Mixon's retirement.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shroff, Anish Living people American television sports anchors Bloomfield High School (New Jersey) alumni People from Bloomfield, New Jersey S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers College baseball announcers in the United States Lacrosse announcers American people of Indian descent 1982 births