SEC Network baseball announcers are Dave Neal, Tom Hart, Ben McDonald, Kyle Peterson, Kris Budden, Chris Burke and Dani Wexelman.
The ESPN-fueled network covers 21 sports for men and women, played by 14 universities primarily located in the South Central and Southeastern United States.
SEC Network broadcasts live and recorded games, news, analysis, and many other sports-related programs relating to the SEC schools. Baseball is indeed one of the most popular sports among SEC schools.
This network has provided coverage of SEC baseball games and updates to its recorded 70 million subscribers since its 2014 launch.
Notable media personalities and former players are devoted to their on-and-off studio work to provide the right baseball news to the audience.
SEC Baseball Tournament Announcers List
The current roster of SEC Baseball tournament announcers today is listed below:
- Dave Neal
- Tom Hart
Dave Neal
Neal is one of the first announcers of the SEC Network's inaugural roster when it launched in 2014. He provides play-by-play coverage of football, basketball, and baseball on both TV and radio.
He also does the same for the variety of ESPN networks and is considered to be one of the main voices during the SEC Championships. ESPN confirmed that Dave first joined the sports media house as a play-by-play commentator in 2009.
Dave's take on the SEC coverage impressed everyone, making him a regular on the SEC Network's panel. His works include announcing the FCS National Championships, numerous post-season bowl games, NIT tournaments, and CWS regional and super regional games.
Tom Hart
Another introductory play-by-play contributor to the SEC Network since its launch is Tom Hart. Hart has been a sportscaster since 1999 and joined ESPN in 2012.
While he primarily covered college football and basketball, with the remaster of the SEC Network, he has been covering baseball as well. He is best known for being a former field reporter on Braves Live, a pregame and postgame show for the Atlanta Braves.
Hart has also served as a broadcaster for two minor league baseball teams: the Winston-Salem Warthogs and the Tennessee Smokies.
Furthermore, he also announces MLB on ESPN Radio, NFL on ESPN Radio, SEC Saturday Night College Football, and Men's College World Series.
SEC Network Commentators
These SEC Network commentators help the announcers during the live broadcast:
- Ben McDonald
- Kyle Peterson
Ben McDonald
Ben McDonald was a commentator on five NCAA SEC baseball tournaments in 2022. He helped Dave Neal during Games 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9.
He also looks after the Orioles as their color commentator on MASN. Ben is a former MLB pitcher who played for the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers from 1989 to 1997.
Meanwhile, he is also an Olympic gold medalist who led the 1988 US Olympic Team. His playing experiences largely helped him build a sportscaster career after he retired.
Kyle Peterson
Peterson is also a former MLB pitcher turned ESPN media personality. He played college baseball at Stanford University and was drafted by the Brewers as the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 1997 MLB Draft.
Kyle was with the team from 1999 to 2001 and started his broadcasting journey in 2003. He has covered College World Series, Little League World Series, and Major League playoffs in his career and joined his way through SEC Network in 2014.
Furthermore, Peterson also covered the NCAA SEC baseball tournament 2022 along with Mike Monaco, Chris Burke and Kris Budden.
SEC Network Analysts
The following list includes the name of the SEC Network analysts:
- Chris Burke
- Todd Walker
- Peter Burns
- David Dellucci
Chris Burke
Burke started as a color analyst for ESPN in 2012 before moving to cover college baseball for SEC Network in 2014. He is present at live baseball games as a part of the media house.
Chris mainly covers the College World Series and Little League World Series. His knowledge about sports comes from his experience as a former pro baseball.
Burke was selected by Houston Astros in the 2001 MLB Draft and later played for Arizona Diamondbacks, and San Diego Padres as well.
Todd Walker
Walker played collegiate baseball at LSU from 1992 to 1994. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame, and he was named to the College World Series Legends Team in 2010.
As his MLB career ended in 2007, Todd initially worked as a baseball at Calvary Baptist Academy from 2013 to 2015.
He then ventured as a studio analyst and occasional color commentator for NESN in 2017 and joined the network full-time in 2019. The same year, Todd joined SEC Network as an analyst and has continued since then.
Peter Burns
Burns has been with SEC Network since 2014 when he hosted SEC Now. As a big name in the office, he now hosts the show both in-studio and on the road, traveling around to cover all sports.
He had traveled alone in the 2017-18 season to host the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College World Series, SEC Baseball, Women’s Basketball Tournaments, and NCAA Women’s Final Four.
Peter is mainly known for covering the SEC Championship Game and College Football Playoff National Championship. Besides SEC, he is a national radio host for ESPN Radio and is the co-host of SEC This Morning on SiriusXM SEC Radio.
David Dellucci
Dellucci is a current baseball analyst for Ole Miss and SEC Network. His LinkedIn confirms that he joined the ESPN fraternity in February 2018.
David is a former MLB outfielder who played 13 seasons in the league from 1997 to 2009. He won the 2001 World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Dellucci now works as a color commentator for Sports South, ESPN3, Atlantic Sun TV, and CST.
SEC Network Sideline Reporters
The SEC Network sideline reporters are;
- Kris Budden
- Dani Wexelman
Kris Budden
Kris Budden covered 11 games out of 17 during the 2022 NCAA SEC baseball tournament. She reported alongside Neal and Hart during the season.
She covered Games 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, per USA Today. Budden shared a smooth work rapport with all commentators, including Burke, Peterson, and McDonald.
Kris initially started out as a sports anchor for WBIR from 2008 to 2014. She then joined Fox Sports as their sidelines reporter for Padres broadcasts and Aztecs basketball and football shows in 2014.
Dani Wexelman
Dani joined ESPN in March 2022 and is deployed in various positions. She covers college baseball play-by-play but is mainly seen as a sideline reporter.
Apart from ESPN and SEC Network, she manages her time with SNY as a TV studio analyst. She is also affiliated as the host and analyst on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM and an on-air host and reporter for Perfect Game USA on contract.
Wexelman is a 2011 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia in Journalism. Moreover, she usually shares her off-the-camera moments with her colleagues on her Instagram account @daniwex.
