USF graduate and cancer survivor will become just the second female known to serve as the stadium PA announcer in FBS football history
TAMPA, NOV. 5, 2021 – University of South Florida graduate and veteran of USF football game day stadium production Jessica Duemig will be behind the stadium public address microphone Saturday at Raymond James Stadium when the Bulls take on No. 20 Houston in a 7:30 p.m. homecoming clash.
Duemig will become just the second female known to serve as the stadium PA announcer at an FBS football game, following in the footsteps of the Pac-12 Network’s Kate Scott who did so at the Pac-12 Football Championship game at Levi’s Stadium.
“The University of South Florida is proud to support and provide great opportunities for women to excel in athletics and across our campus,” Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly said. “We are very excited to have Jessica behind the public address microphone at Saturday’s game, and I think USF fans and alumni will not only enjoy the game day experience but be proud to be part of a groundbreaking event.”
A 2007 graduate of the USF Zimmerman Advertising Program and later receiving her MS in sports management and MBA from Southern Mississippi in 2010, Duemig currently is the head of client services for Campus Legends and is the author of the book “Warrior” detailing her battle with breast cancer after being diagnosed at age 32. Duemig held her first PA announcing role calling USF softball games in the early 2000s. The former Herd of Thunder Marching Band member has served a vital role for the in-venue stadium show on USF football game days for the last three seasons.
“I am so excited to be a part of the Homecoming game this year! I’ve seen so many sides of this game at this stadium, and now to be behind the microphone is icing on the cake!” Duemig said. “I’m so thankful that USF is taking a progressive standpoint on women in athletics, which allowed this honor to take place. As an alum, I bleed green and gold, so to have this opportunity is one of the coolest experiences of my life!”
Saturday, she will fill the PA announcer seat that has been previously filled by John Magrino who will be in China preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games set for Feb. 4-20.
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The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and will celebrate its 25th season (22nd at the FBS level) in 2021. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 14 All-America selections and 29 first-team all-conference selections, and have seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft. USF has made 10 bowl games appearances (going 6-4 in those games) and posted a program record six straight appearances from 2005-2010. The Bulls most recently made four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18 and posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
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