Holly Rowe celebrates more than 20 years as one of ESPN’s most versatile commentators. Covering a wide variety of sports for ESPN, Rowe joined the network full time in August 1998 after appearing on select ESPN telecasts in 1997 and ABC Sports in 1995-96.

Rowe is a reporter on a number of high profile events and programming – ABC Saturday Night Football, NCAA Women’s Final Four, NCAA Women’s College World Series, NCAA indoor and beach volleyball national championships and the WNBA.

Friday, April 11 | 12:15 - 12:45 P.M.
Milo Bail Student Center Ballroom 
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Rowe has also provided play-by-play commentary for women’s college basketball, softball, volleyball and gymnastics, as well as covering soccer, swimming, track & field and the Little League World Series of baseball and softball for ESPN.

Rowe won the 2022 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Personality/Reporter and was the 2022 recipient of the Mel Greenberg National Media Award from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

A soon-to-be-minted hall of famer, Rowe was named the 2023 Curt Gowdy Electronic Media Award Winner for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and earned Emmy nominations in 2023 and 2024.

The award-winning Rowe is a producer and writer of documentaries and features that have aired on KBYU TV, ESPN and FOX 13 TV in Salt Lake City.