Paul Loeffler

Paul Loeffler has been speaking into one microphone or another since he was 12 years old. Currently the radio play-by-play voice of the Fresno State Bulldogs in football, basketball, and baseball, he called the 2008 College World Series championship before writing a book about it (Underdogs to Wonderdogs). You can also catch him each year on the network television broadcasts of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. A onetime competitor in the Bee, he has served as the color commentator for ABC and ESPN since 2006. Other television experience includes football play-by-play on ESPN platforms, baseball for the Mountain West Network, the Canadian National Spelling Bee on CBC, and a decade in local television. He also appeared on JEOPARDY! as a teenager, embarrassingly responding "What is a basketball?" to a clue that clearly described a bowling ball. No wonder so many of his jump shots fall short! Since 2005, Paul has interviewed an average of one World War II veteran per week, an effort that started on TV but now hits the radio airwaves through the syndicated weekly program, Hometown Heroes. In 2013, Paul helped launch Central Valley Honor Flight, committed to taking WWII veterans to the National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., as part of the Honor Flight Network. Faith and family are the priorities he tries to maintain in Fresno, CA, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.