Meredith Marakovits (born July 22, 1983) is an American sports reporter. She is the clubhouse reporter for the

YES Network The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 26%), Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (which owns 20%), ...

, where she reports on the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...

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for the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre-game and post-game shows, and the Yankees' ''Batting Practice Today'' show. Marakovits also appears on the network's special Yankees programming and contributes to the YESNetwork.com web site.

Early life

Marakovits was born in

Walnutport, Pennsylvania Walnutport is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was first incorporated in 1909. The population of Walnutport was 2,067 at the 2020 census. Walnutport is located along the Lehigh River and is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolit ...

in the

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. She attended

Allentown Central Catholic High School Allentown Central Catholic High School (ACCHS) is a private, parochial school located at 301 North Fourth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, ACCHS predominantly serves students from the Lehigh ...

in Allentown, Pennsylvania and earned a scholarship to play

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

at the

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level at La Salle University in

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. She graduated from La Salle in 2005.

Career

Marakovits began her career in Allentown, Pennsylvania with

Service Electric Service Electric is a group of affiliated cable television companies serving eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. Service Electric also offers broadband Internet and telephone services through two partner companies, PenTeleData and Alianza ...

, where she was the pre-game, post-game host and sideline reporter covering the

Lehigh Valley IronPigs The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. They are located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and are named in reference to pig iron, used in the ...

, the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Marakovits also worked as a sideline reporter for Service Electric's college football, indoor football, and college basketball broadcasts. Marakovits later worked in the

broadcast market with 97.5 The Fanatic, where she covered the Philadelphia Phillies, and with

Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia NBC Sports Philadelphia is an American regional sports network owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by locally based cable television provider Comcast (and owns a controlling 75% interest), and the Philadelp ...

, where she covered the Philadelphia 76ers until 2012. She also has worked in the

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media market as an anchor and program contributor for

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, as a contributor for WFAN "The Fan" radio, and as a fill-in anchor for

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. In 2012, Marakovits succeeded Kim Jones as the

clubhouse reporter for the

.https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-meredith-marakovits-20220731-6tg6u2iczjegjbbrdabtphv7ya-story.html Marakovits worked as a Field level reporter for TBS MLB Tuesday starting in 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marakovits, Meredith 1983 births Living people Allentown Central Catholic High School alumni Major League Baseball broadcasters National Basketball Association broadcasters College football announcers College basketball announcers in the United States American sports journalists Sports commentators SportsNet New York people La Salle University alumni YES Network People from Northampton County, Pennsylvania