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.