Episode 47: Public Address Announcer Zane Clodfelter talks getting started in public address announcing and building on those opportunities

Public Address Announcer Zane Clodfelter talks getting started in public address announcing and building on those opportunities. Zane is in his 13th season with the Evansville Otters as the team's public address announcer. In addition to his work with the Otters, Clodfelter currently serves as the USI men’s basketball public address announcer at Screaming Eagles Arena and University of Evansville (UE) women's basketball public address announcer at Meeks Family Fieldhouse, along with public address work for USI baseball and UE soccer and baseball. Clodfelter has also done public address announcing work for the NCAA at the Division II Elite Eight five times–most recently this past spring and was a halftime host for Learfield broadcasts of UE men’s basketball during the 2022-23 season. He can also be heard and seen on Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) broadcasts on ESPN+, covering college basketball, baseball and softball for the direct-to-consumer platform. 

He got his start in public address announcing as a freshman in college, announcing football, basketball and baseball games for his high school alma mater, Harrison. Clodfelter has been the senior sports editor at the Spencer County Journal-Democrat in Rockport, Ind. since 2014 and a contributing editor for Paxton Media Group newspapers since 2023. Clodfelter has also been a licensed IHSAA basketball official since 2008.