HBCU Makes History with Its First Female Lead Football Announcer

HBCU makes history with its first female lead football announcer

Alabama A&M University has made history by naming Thai Floyd as the first woman to serve as the football team’s full-time play-by-play announcer. Alabama A&M is an HBCU in Huntsville, Alabama, and competes in the SWAC. Floyd will call Bulldogs games throughout the 2025 season. A proud Florida A&M alumna, she brings years of experience as a broadcast journalist. Most recently, she worked as a digital media specialist for Alabama A&M athletics. Ac…

For the first time, a woman will be the voice of an HBCU football team

Alabama A&M has named the first woman in school history to be the football team’s play-by-play announcer. Thai Floyd will call Bulldogs games during the 2025 season, making her the first woman to be in the full-time role for an HBCU football team. Floyd, a Florida A&M alum, is a longtime broadcast journalist who most recently served as a digital media specialist for Alabama A&M athletics. HISTORY ON THE HILL Join us in congratulating Thai (@tha…