Anish Shroff (born 1982) is the radio play-by-play man for the Carolina Panthers 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 Syracuse University.

Career

He was featured on the second season of

reality show '' Dream Job'' 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 CBS Sports Network) in

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and then served as sports director at KNDO-TV in Yakima, Washington. 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 ESPNU. In March 2022, he was named the third play-by-play announcer in Panthers history following

Mick Mixon Forest Orion "Mick" Mixon III is the former play-by-play radio voice announcer for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Mixon took this position during the 2005 football season, replacing Bill Rosinski. Previously, he was the co ...

's retirement.

References

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