Play-by-Play Broadcaster

Host | Reporter

FREELANCE PLAY-BY-PLAY | 2026

NBA G League Basketball (Stockton Kings) — ESPN+, NBA App, NBA.com

Stanford Women’s Basketball — Learfield / Varsity Network

Pacific Women's Volleyball & Water Polo — ESPN+

Nevada Men's Basketball — MW+

UC Davis Women's Soccer — MW+

Arizona Fall League Baseball — MLB.com

PEORIA CHIEFS | 2026

High-A Affiliate, St. Louis Cardinals

Play-by-Play • Media Relations

ACC NETWORK EXTRA | 2023–2026

Syracuse University Athletics

TV Play-by-Play: Volleyball • Hockey • Softball

Studio Host: Field Hockey

SYRACUSE CRUNCH | 2022–2026

American Hockey League

Radio Play-by-Play • Studio Host

Nico Horning is a Sacramento-based play-by-play broadcaster, host and reporter with experience across professional and collegiate sports.

A magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Dec 2025, Nico's recent freelance assignments include NBA G League basketball with the Stockton Kings and radio play-by-play for Stanford women's basketball. He has also called Pacific volleyball and water polo on ESPN+, as well as Nevada men's basketball and UC Davis women's soccer on the Mountain West Network (MW+).

Nico spent the 2026 baseball season as a Broadcast & Media Relations Assistant for the Peoria Chiefs, the High-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, where he called 85 games. He has also provided play-by-play commentary for MLB's Arizona Fall League.

Nico also spent four seasons with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League and provided collegiate play-by-play commentary on ACC Network Extra, WAER and WJPZ.