Pam Ward

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Pam Ward is an American television sportscaster. She serves as a play-by-play announcer for the WNBA, and coverage of the 2012 and 2013 Women's College World Series of Softball on ESPN.{{cite news|title=Women's College World Series Begins Tomorrow on ESPN2 (announcer list)|url=http://sportsmediajournal.com/2012/05/30/womens-college-world-series-begins-tomorrow-on-espn2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202203354/http://sportsmediajournal.com/2012/05/30/womens-college-world-series-begins-tomorrow-on-espn2|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 2, 2013|access-date=3 June 2012|work=Sports Media Journal}}

She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a degree in communications.

Prior to ESPN, Ward worked as an anchor/host for WTEM between April 1992 and March 1995 and then WBAL between March 1995 and 1996.{{cite news|last=Shapiro|first=Leonard|title=Ward Blazing a Trail|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/27/AR2007032700923.html|access-date=5 September 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=27 March 2007}}

In 2000, Ward became the first woman to perform play-by-play announcing for an NCAA football nationally televised game.

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