Rylee Pay

Rylee Pay is a play-by-play announcer for the Tacoma Rainiers minor league baseball team. She is the first woman to be a full-time broadcaster in Triple-A baseball.

Rylee Pay
Alma mater	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Years active	2023–present
Sports commentary career
Team(s)	Portland Sea Dogs, Tacoma Rainiers
Genre	Play-by-play
Sport	Minor League Baseball

Early life and education

Pay grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] She had a love of sports, particularly baseball, from an early age, and enjoyed sharing that love with her grandfather.^[2] She looked up to female sports broadcasters like Erin Andrews and Melanie Newman.^[3] She graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where she studied in journalism and media studies.^[4]

Career

In college, Pay had a summer job as an emcee for the Wisconsin Rapids.^[5] The next summer, she got her start in sports radio as a sideline reporter for the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where she also did some play-by-play announcing.^[6][5]

Even before graduating from college, Pay joined the Portland Sea Dogs, where she spent two seasons as the play-by-play announcer and media relations assistant; she finished up her coursework so she could graduate remotely.^[7][8][9] In 2023, she and Emma Tiedemann made history as the second time there was an all-women broadcast team in professional affiliated baseball.^[6] Pay and Tiedemann made history again in 2024, when they called six innings of a Boston Red Sox game from Fenway Park for NESN.^[10][11]

In 2025, Pay was hired by the Tacoma Rainiers, replacing longtime play-by-play announcer Mike Curto.^[12] She made history as the first woman to be a Triple-A broadcaster.^[1]