Cavnar to join A’s broadcast team as first primary female play-by-play announcer
DENVER (KDVR) — Spring has sprung across Major League Baseball. And in a season of hope and optimism, there are new beginnings.
For Colorado’s own Jenny Cavnar, that means trailblazing a new path in her broadcasting career.
Cavnar will join the Oakland Athletics broadcast team (NBC Sports California) as the first female primary play-by-play announcer in MLB.
“It’s a huge challenge,” Cavnar told Bruce Haertl on “Colorado Sports Night.” “It’s been a whirlwind of a week, and it is not lost on me how many people have reached out. The text messages and the amount of people sharing in this news with me — starting with my family, who has been so supportive from the very beginning — I’ve tried to enjoy this moment and soak it in.”
The Colorado State alum has 17 years of experience covering baseball. For the past 12 seasons, Cavnar served as a backup play-by-play announcer, pregame and postgame host and reporter for the Colorado Rockies.
With the Rockies, she became the first woman in a quarter century to call TV play-by-play for an MLB game in 2018, and in 2015, she was the first woman to provide analysis for a National League series on radio. She also worked for the San Diego Padres broadcast team.
“When I say that it’s not going to sound ‘traditionally’ being in the booth, it does have a little bit to do with the fact that I am a female and there’s not a lot of female voices in the game of baseball calling the action,” Cavnar noted. “But the non-traditional part for me is the background I bring as a reporter and as a host. Storytelling is so much for me a part of the game and connecting fans to their favorite players. It’s what keeps them coming back all summer long.”
Cavnar will be joined in the booth along with color commentator Dallas Braden and Chris Caray assisting with the play-by-play on home games.
Dave Althouse
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