Jenny Cavnar is going down in the record books.
Named the A’s lead play-by-play announcer by NBC Sports California on Feb. 13, Cavnar will become the first woman in Major League Baseball history to serve as a club’s primary play-by-play voice this season.
Cavnar is beyond thrilled to break down such a significant barrier. She also wants to clarify that she did not just get here alone.
This journey was paved by those who came before her like Suzyn Waldman, the first woman hired as a full-time broadcaster for a Major League Baseball team in 2005 as a radio color commentator for the Yankees. Cavnar would not be here without someone like Melanie Newman, who has been calling Orioles games since 2019 and in 2021 led the first all-women broadcast team for MLB’s Game of the Week Live on YouTube.