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Scott Van Pelt joined ESPN in Spring 2001 as the network’s lead professional golf reporter.  He has since become a SportCenter anchor, primarily hosting the 11 p.m. ET edition while remaining the lead reporter and host of the network’s coverage of golf’s grand slam events.His ESPN Radio show, the Scott Van Pelt Show with co-host Ryen Russillo airs 1PM-4PM ET weekdays.

In 2001, Van Pelt sat down for a one-on-one interview with Tiger Woods after he won the U.S. Open to capture the “Tiger Slam,” four majors in a row.  The interview was featured on ESPN’s Sunday Conversation.

Van Pelt joined ESPN from The Golf Channel (TGC) where he was an anchor and reporter for the sport-specific network from 1994-2000.  Soon after joining TGC’s on-air team, Van Pelt reportorial skill helped him to move up the ranks quickly.  At TGC, he was the co-host of Golf Central, Leaderboard Report and occasional host of Viewer’s Forum – all signature studio programs for the network.

Over his career, Van Pelt has covered all the major golf tournaments – the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship.  Following Tiger Woods’ victory at the 1997 Masters (his first at the tournament), Van Pelt conducted an exclusive half-hour interview with the young Woods for a critically acclaimed network special, Tiger Woods: In His Own Words.  He has also covered numerous USGA events, NCAA Men’s and Women’s championships, BUY.COM Tour events and Senior PGA Tour events.

Van Pelt began his sports broadcasting career at WTTG-TV (FOX) in Washington, D.C. in 1990.  He worked in WTTG sports studio production department contributing content for the station’s The 10:00 News, Sunday Night’s Sports Extra and specials on the Washington Redskins.

A native of Brookville, Md., Van Pelt graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in radio/television and film.

Ryen Russillo was named co-host of ESPN Radio’s Scott Van Pelt Show (1PM-4PM ET Mon-Fri) in May, 2009. Russillo is also host of the network’s College GameDay (noon-7 p.m. Saturdays throughout the football season).

Russillo joined ESPN Radio in February 2006, and has hosted NBA Sunday with Jamal Mashburn, The Baseball Show with Steve Phillips, and the NFL Draft. He has also filled in on talk shows including Tirico and Van Pelt, The Herd (simulcast on ESPNU), and the Doug Gottlieb Show.

Prior to joining ESPN, Russillo was a sports voice in Boston, Mass. where he was a CSN studio host and NBA analyst, and a Sporting News Radio host.  Previously, he was play-by-play voice of the Trenton (N.J.) Thunder, the Boston Red Sox Double A team.

Russillo, a native of West Tinsbury, Mass., is a 1997 graduate of the University of Vermont.