Ann Meyers Drysdale Elected to SCSB Hall of Fame
June 26, 2018 | Women's Basketball
Meyers Drysdale will be the first woman inducted into the So Cal Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- UCLA Basketball Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale and longtime public address announcer John Ramsey are the newest members of the So Cal Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame. They will be inducted at the 28th Annual SCSB Awards Luncheon in January of 2019.
Meyers Drysdale and Ramsey will become the 38th and 39th members of the SCSB Hall of Fame.
Meyers Drysdale will be the first woman inducted into the Hall of Fame and it will be the first time a husband and wife will have received the award. The late Dodger right handed pitcher, Don Drysdale, is already a member of this distinguished group.
One of the greatest basketball players of our time, Meyers Drysdale was a standout in high school and as an athlete at UCLA and in the Olympic Games.
She was the first player to be part of the U.S. National Team while still in high school. The first woman to sign a four-year athletic scholarship at any university, and in 1979, she became the first woman to sign a contract with the NBA's Indiana Pacers.
Meyers Drysdale started broadcasting in 1979 and has a storied past, working with the UCLA Radio Network; the Pac-12 Network and over 26 years with ESPN. She has served as a broadcaster at the 1984 Olympic Games for ABC in Los Angeles, the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics for NBC. She has also worked the Goodwill games (1986-Russia and 1990-Seattle) for TNT; and worked nine seasons covering the LA Sparks.
She was additionally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1993) and into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 1999. She received the Ronald Reagan Media Award in 2005 from the U.S. Sports Academy and was recently named 2017 Naismith Outstanding contributor to basketball.
Not only does she broadcast for the Phoenix Mercury (WNBA) and Phoenix Suns (NBA), she is also the Vice President for both teams.
The late John Ramsey will also be entering the Hall of Fame at this January's awards banquet.
John was one of a kind. He was the original public address announcer for the Angels, Dodgers, Kings, Lakers and the L.A. Raiders.
Ramsey was also the PA announcer for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, five Super Bowls including the first Super Bowl, seven World Series, two Major League All-Star Games, two NBA All-Star Games and 10 NBA finals. It wasn't unusual for him to work five games over a three -day stretch.
