Glennon and Kelly to Call 2018 NECBL All-Star Game
July 24, 2018 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - After a vote by their fellow broadcasting peers and representative of each team's front office, Sanford's Mike Glennon and Plymouth's Quinn Kelly have been selected as the 2018 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) All-Star Game play-by-play duo, as announced by the league Tuesday.
The two broadcasters will take their talents to MacKenzie Stadium this Sunday and team up to call all of the afternoon and evening's festivities, including the Skills Competitions (Home Run Derby, 60-Yard Dash) and, of course, the main event of the All-Star Game itself.
"I would like to personally congratulate Mike and Quinn on earning the prestigious honor to broadcast Sunday's All-Star Game," Commissioner Sean McGrath said. "They know as well as anyone how competitive this industry is and how high the level of broadcasting is in the NECBL. They should feel very proud to be recognized for their expertise by their peers and NECBL executives. This honor comes to those who work hard, are selfless, and represent their organizations in a professional manner throughout the NECBL. It is obvious that they both have made great impressions on many of us."
The NECBL, in conjunction with Stretch Internet, will offer free broadcast coverage of Sunday's action on the NECBL Broadcast Network. Video and audio presentations will be available online and on mobile devices.
Mike Glennon
Mike Glennon is the former voice of Le Moyne College Athletics where he called every game of varsity sports they broadcasted, which included a National Championship Women's Lacrosse team and an Elite 8 appearance for Men's Basketball in 2018. He also hosted a basketball coaches' show every week, along with a Le Moyne sports podcast he co-created.
He graduated from Le Moyne in Mayas a Sports Broadcasting and Journalism major with a minor in Film Studies. The Liverpool, New York, native graduated from Liverpool High School in 2005 before moving on to Le Moyne the first time. After leaving Le Moyne in 2009, Glennon found success in the auto and hotel industries before deciding to return to school in pursuit of fulfilling a life-long dream of becoming a play-by-play broadcaster and sports journalist.
Glennon has played baseball for over 25 years, most recently playing in the Men's Syracuse Baseball League. However, he has been a student of the game for even longer. His deep passion for baseball combined with his knowledge of the sport has made him a great fit for the Mainers' broadcast booth.
Quinn Kelly
Quinn Kelly graduated from Boston College this May after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Philosophy. He aspires to work as a professional sports broadcaster in his future career. Quinn is in his third summer with the Plymouth Pilgrims.
Quinn started broadcasting while in high school, calling play-by-play for Xaverian Brothers football and basketball games. He continued on into college, working for and eventually becoming president of the student radio station WZBC Sports. While with WZBC, he also served in roles as Social Media Director and Editor in Chief of the station's sports blog.
At Boston College, he covered a vast number of varsity sports, working mainly with the school's football, basketball, hockey, and baseball teams. He followed BC's hockey team through their 2016 Frozen Four run, BC's baseball team through their 2016 Super Regional run, and was on the call for the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium this past December.
Kelly is a Walpole, Massachusetts native.
The New England Collegiate Baseball League is a wooden bat college summer league that fields teams in all six New England states. Partially funded by Major League Baseball, the NECBL started play in 1994 and is enjoying its 25th-year anniversary season this summer. The New England League has sent nearly 150 alumni to the Major Leagues and has had close to 100 alumni taken in the MLB Draft in each of the last 10 seasons.
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