Jon Gross
About Me
Jon Gross is an accomplished and versatile sports broadcaster, with a proven track record of success both on and off the microphone. Gross currently freelances in North and South Carolina, calling games at schools including Clemson, Davidson, Duke, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Queens, UNC, UNC Greensboro, USC Upstate, Wake Forest, Winthrop, and Wofford. He has also broadcast NWSL (Paramount+/Twitch), CONCACAF (Paramount+), and USL (ESPN+) matches via Vista Worldlink.
Gross has voiced multiple tournaments. He called the 2023 Cancun Challenge (DI basketball), Mary Nutter Classic (DI softball), 2022 Gulf Coast Showcase (women's bracket), the inaugural 2021 Naples Invitational (Division I basketball tournament), and the Conference Carolinas basketball, soccer, and softball championships.
In May of 2021, Gross wrapped up a two-year stint as the director of the UNCP Sports Network, serving as the play-by-play voice of UNC Pembroke athletics. In that role, he called football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, wrestling, and soccer.
Gross spent four summers as the Director of Broadcasting for the Saugerties Stallions of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League. After taking the team’s broadcast operations to new heights, Gross was named 2018 and 2019 Saugerties Stallions Intern of the Year.
Previously, Gross was the 2017 radio play-by-play voice of the Penn State women’s volleyball team for Penn State Athletics. He broadcasted all home and away matches, including the team’s run to the Final Four.
Outside of broadcasting, Gross was named 2017 Zeta Beta Tau Chapter President of the Year for his work as the leader of the fraternity’s Alpha Psi chapter at Penn State.
Gross received degrees in broadcast journalism and international politics, with a certificate from the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, from Penn State.