Rece Davis
Announcer
ESPN

Rece Davis of ESPN will serve as a NACDA luncheon emcee.

Davis joined ESPN in March 1995 as an ESPN2 "SportSmash" anchor, providing five-minute news and score reports throughout the network's nightly programming. He is currently studio host for ESPN and ESPN2's coverage of college football and basketball and is the anchor and host of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship.

He has served as host of ESPN and ESPN2's "College Gameday Final" since 1999, and also hosts "College Gamenight," ESPN's daily college basketball news and highlights program, "Baseball Tonight" and frequently anchors "SportsCenter."

Additionally, Davis' "Extra Point" commentaries are heard regularly on ESPN Radio, where he frequently serves as guest host for the "Dan Patrick Show."

Previously, Davis hosted ESPN2's weekend "RPM 2Night" and Sunday morning "RPM 2Day" programs (1997-99), and ESPN2's "NBA 2Night," the network's daily NBA highlights/news program (1996-97).

Before joining ESPN, Davis worked at WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan, as a sports anchor/reporter (1993-95). He had also been a sports anchor and sports director at WRBL-TV in Columbus, Georgia (1988-93) and was a general assignment reporter for WCFT-TV in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (1987-88). Additionally, he worked as a freelance television play-by-play announcer, studio host and radio announcer in various media outlets in Alabama (1983-93).

A native of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Davis graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama in 1988 with a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast news and public affairs. He was named the University of Alabama School of Communication Broadcast Department's outstanding alumnus for 2001.