Earlier this week, we told you that ESPN’s Beth Mowins will call three Oakland Raiders preseason games later this month, marking a first for her. And later in the week, ESPN announced that Mowins has signed a new contract with the Worldwide Leader, keeping her in the fold for the foreseeable future.

She’ll continue to call college football and will require a new partner as Joey Galloway with whom she’s worked for the past couple of seasons will be in the Bristol studio on this fall.

As well as calling football, Mowins does play-by-play on college basketball, college softball including the Women’s College World Series and she also called games with Cat Whitehill for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany. The new contract ensures that Mowins will continue calling the aforementioned sports at ESPN.

Also this week, Mowins’ alma mater, Syracuse University honored her with the Marty Glickman Award, named after the famous broadcaster who also graduated from the institution. According to the official announcement, Mowins was bestowed the award for her leadership and work in sports media.

In addition to her work at ESPN which has seen her in various play-by-play roles, Mowins also worked at CBS where she was mostly a sideline reporter.

Mowins is part of a large Syracuse contingent that works at ESPN including Monday Night Football voice Mike Tirico, fellow college football announcer Sean McDonough and a host of others.

And she’s quoted by ESPN about her honor at Syracuse:

“Syracuse has provided a launching pad for so many people now at ESPN, and I often lean on the advice and guidance of my fellow Orange. It is a real testament to what Marty Glickman started.”

Mowins began calling college football in earnest for ESPN starting in 2005.

[ESPN Front Row]

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