Pat Delsi (2009) - Janet E. and Barry C. Burkholder Athletics Hall of Fame

Pat Delsi

Induction:
2009

A recipeint of the Athletics Director Legacy Award...Joined the Drexel broadcast team in 1983 as the voice of Drexel men’s basketball, serving in this capacity for 15 seasons…Worked as Drexel’s radio play-by-play announcer during four NCAA men’s basketball tournament appearances…Anchored Drexel’s first international broadcasts in 1992 during the Drexel men’s basketball team’s exhibition tour of China… Began calling Drexel women’s basketball games in the mid 1990s…Called Philadelphia Big 5 basketball for 10 years prior to joining Drexel’s broadcasts, also hosted a sports talk show called “The Big 5 Pipeline”…Covered collegiate football games for Penn and Temple and South Jersey high school basketball for a number of years…Has broadcasted more than 4,000 collegiate, professional and high school sporting events during his 55-plus years in radio…Also enshrined in Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame and South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame.