BRETT MANNEY
Brett Manney’s six-foot-three, 225-pound frame provides a formidable presence on the lacrosse floor for the Stealth but his most valuable physical asset, in terms of his ultimate career goal, is not his physique. It is his voice.
No, he’s not a singer.
Manney is an aspiring broadcaster.
While earning an English degree and playing field lacrosse at the University of Delaware, he was a play-by-play radio announcer and color commentator for the school’s football and basketball games.
``In my teens, I’d watch guys calling college football and basketball games and I always figured they had the best seats in the house,’’ he says. ``I like being part of that type of atmosphere. It’s an extremely difficult field to get into but it’s something I’ve really become attached to. Hopefully, I can look back 10 years from now and be thankful I went out on a limb and tried it.’’
The 23-year-old native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, is a little further out on that limb today in working for a company called SportsPower in the Philadelphia region. He’s writing weekly game previews on Division 1 basketball and putting together spotlight features on teams and players. He’s just added to his repertoire a podcast on university lacrosse. Add his weekend flights to wherever the Stealth are playing, and he’s a man who seems to be in constant motion.
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BRETT MANNEY
Brett Manney’s six-foot-three, 225-pound frame provides a formidable presence on the lacrosse floor for the Stealth but his most valuable physical asset, in terms of his ultimate career goal, is not his physique. It is his voice.
No, he’s not a singer.
Manney is an aspiring broadcaster.
While earning an English degree and playing field lacrosse at the University of Delaware, he was a play-by-play radio announcer and color commentator for the school’s football and basketball games.
``In my teens, I’d watch guys calling college football and basketball games and I always figured they had the best seats in the house,’’ he says. ``I like being part of that type of atmosphere. It’s an extremely difficult field to get into but it’s something I’ve really become attached to. Hopefully, I can look back 10 years from now and be thankful I went out on a limb and tried it.’’
The 23-year-old native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, is a little further out on that limb today in working for a company called SportsPower in the Philadelphia region. He’s writing weekly game previews on Division 1 basketball and putting together spotlight features on teams and players. He’s just added to his repertoire a podcast on university lacrosse. Add his weekend flights to wherever the Stealth are playing, and he’s a man who seems to be in constant motion.
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