Quint Kessenich
| Born | November 22, 1967 Long Island,New York,U.S. |
|---|---|
| Position | Goalie |
| NLLteams | Baltimore Thunder |
| NCAAteam | Johns Hopkins University |
| Pro career | 1999 |
Quint Elroy Kessenich(/ˈkɛsnɪk/KESS-nik;[1]born November 22, 1967) is an AmericansportscasterforABCandESPNtelevision covering lacrosse, basketball, football, hockey, wrestling andhorse racingsince 1993.
Career
[edit]Kessenich is a former All-Americanlacrossegoalkeeper. He attendedJohns Hopkins Universityfrom 1987 to 1990, where he was a two-time winner of theEnsign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Awardas the nation's best goalie. Kessenich played one year of professional lacrosse with theBaltimore Thunderin 1999, and played at the amateur level for the storiedMount Washington Lacrosse Club.[2]
He got his writing debut with a horse racing newspaper calledThe Saratoga Special,[3]writing for brothers Joe and Sean Clancy in the famed horse racing town ofSaratoga Springs, New York.He is also a regular contributor to the lacrosse magazine,Inside Lacrosse.He was a color commentator withJoe BeninatiorScott GarceauforChesapeake Bayhawksgames onNBC Sports WashingtonandESPN3.
Kessenich attendedLynbrook High SchoolinLynbrook, New York,where he starred insoccer,wrestling(winning two county championships) and lacrosse.[4]
On November 29, 2013, Kessenich made national headlines when he interviewed an indignantBo Peliniat halftime of theIowa-Nebraska football gametelecast on ABC in which the Nebraska coach responded to the reporter's inquiry on a pair of Cornhusker turnovers with "What do you think? What kind of question is that?" The incident came one week afterMichigan State Spartans footballcoachMark Dantoniosnapped at Kessenich during the halftime interview.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"2019 PRESEASON TOP 20 with QUINT KESSENICH | 2019 NCAA Lacrosse".YouTube.January 21, 2019.Archivedfrom the original on December 21, 2021.RetrievedJune 19,2020.
- ^Mike Preston,Mount Wash., Perry Hall build on traditions CLUB LACROSSE,Baltimore Sun,June 15, 1991, retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^thisishorseracing.com
- ^Voice of the Game: Preparation and honest delivery have propelled Quint Kessenich to the top of the lacrosse media world[dead link]
- ^Seth Rosenthal,Bo Pelini shuts down a Quint Kessenich halftime question,SB Nation,November 29, 2013, retrieved November 29, 2013.
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