Rylee Pay
American play-by-play sports announcer
Rylee Pay is a play-by-play announcer for the Tacoma Rainiers minor league baseball team. She is the first woman to be a lead broadcaster in Triple-A baseball.
Early life and education
Pay grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had a love of sports, particularly baseball, from an early age, and enjoyed sharing that love with her grandfather. She looked up to female sports broadcasters like Erin Andrews and Melanie Newman. She graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where she studied in journalism and media studies.
Career
In college, Pay had a summer job as an emcee for the Wisconsin Rapids. The next summer, she got her start in sports radio as a sideline reporter for the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where she also did some play-by-play announcing.
Even before graduating from college, Pay joined the Portland Sea Dogs, where she spent two seasons as the play-by-play announcer and media relations assistant; she finished up her coursework so she could graduate remotely. In 2023, she and Emma Tiedemann made history as the second time there was an all-women broadcast team in professional affiliated baseball.
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