Rylee Pay

Rylee Pay
Alma materUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
Years active2023–present
Sports commentary career
Team(s)Portland Sea Dogs, Tacoma Rainiers
GenrePlay-by-play
SportMinor League Baseball

Rylee Pay is a play-by-play announcer for the Tacoma Rainiers minor league baseball team. She is the first woman to be a lead broadcaster in Triple-A baseball.

Early life and education

Pay grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] She had a love of sports, particularly baseball, from an early age, and enjoyed sharing that love with her grandfather.[2] She looked up to female sports broadcasters like Erin Andrews and Melanie Newman.[3] She graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where she studied in journalism and media studies.[4]

Career

In college, Pay had a summer job as an emcee for the Wisconsin Rapids.[5] The next summer, she got her start in sports radio as a sideline reporter for the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where she also did some play-by-play announcing.[6][5]

Even before graduating from college, Pay joined the Portland Sea Dogs, where she spent two seasons as the play-by-play announcer and media relations assistant; she finished up her coursework so she could graduate remotely.[7][8][9] In 2023, she and Emma Tiedemann made history as the second time there was an all-women broadcast team in professional affiliated baseball.[6] Pay and Tiedemann made history again in 2024, when they called six innings of a Boston Red Sox game from Fenway Park for NESN.[10][11]

In 2025, Pay was hired by the Tacoma Rainiers, replacing longtime play-by-play announcer Mike Curto.[12] She made history as the first woman to be a lead Triple-A broadcaster.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Thomas, Eric (2025-04-11). "Gets Real: Meet Rylee Pay, Tacoma Rainiers' new broadcaster". KIRO7 News. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  2. ^ Crowley, Tim (2024-03-20). "Rylee Pay Finding Voice, Sharing Stories Of Red Sox Future". NESN.com. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  3. ^ "Rylee Pay on her path in broadcasting career | 04/03/2025". Lasmayores.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  4. ^ Kramer, Daniel (2025-03-20). "Rylee Pay blazing trail as Triple-A Tacoma broadcaster". MLB.com. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  5. ^ a b Greene, Adam. "Breaking Barriers: Rylee Pay's journey from the Cape League to the first Double-A all-female booth | Cape Cod Baseball League". www.capecodleague.com. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  6. ^ a b Bartow, Adam (2025-01-30). "Groundbreaking Sea Dogs broadcaster making more history". WMTW. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  7. ^ Parnell, Merrick. "Tacoma Rainiers hire Triple-A baseball's first female broadcaster". dispatchnews.com. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  8. ^ Divish, Ryan (2025-01-29). "Rainiers hire first woman lead broadcaster in Triple-A". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  9. ^ McCaffrey, Jen (2023-06-10). "Emma Tiedemann and Rylee Pay finding chemistry as Double-A Portland's radio team". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  10. ^ Ogrysko, Nicole (2024-08-29). "Portland Sea Dogs broadcasters make Red Sox history as 1st female duo to call game at Fenway". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  11. ^ Troiani, Gayle (2024-08-27). "Red Sox Minor League Broadcasters Reflect On Historic Call At Fenway Park". NESN.com. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  12. ^ Orsuto, Arielle (2025-04-01). "Rylee Pay makes history as first female broadcaster for Tacoma Rainiers". king5.com. Retrieved 2025-12-12.

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