Report: Andraya Carter to become first woman with full-time role on 'College GameDay'

Andraya Carter just made history. According to “Front Office Sports,” Carter will become the first woman with a full-time role on ESPN’s basketball “College GameDay” show.

Carter is an analyst and reporter for ESPN and SEC Network coverage of college basketball, college football and the WNBA. Carter was also a co-host for “Out of Pocket with Alyssa Lang” until 2023.

For her efforts, Carter was the recipient of the 2023 Dawn Staley Excellence in Broadcasting honor and won the award for Best Young Reporter last year from the National Sports Media Association.

Carter played college basketball at Tennessee, where she was recruited by legendary head coach Pat Summitt. However, injuries forced Carter to retire from basketball following her redshirt junior season. While at UT, Carter averaged 6.4 points per game and tallied 199 steals.

Carter will join returning hosts Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Dan Schulman and Seth Greenberg on the show this season. Jay Williams will also return after a hiatus. The team will certainly have their hands full.

ESPN is expected to broadcast more than 7,000 men’s and women’s games this season, including several rivalry games and presentations across Disney networks – ABC; ESPN; ESPN2; ESPNU; ESPNEWS; ACC Network; Longhorn Network and SEC Network.

Andraya Carter is prepared for the moment

Carter is used to working with top talent. In June, ESPN assigned her to work alongside Malika Andrews, Jay Bilas, JJ Redick, Monica McNutt, Adrian Wojnarowski and Bobby Marks as a member of ESPN’s live NBA Draft telecast.

Carter claims her meteoric rise to the top of the media has been a pleasant surprise.

“None of TV was planned for me even as far as even being on TV,” Carter said, according to “The Athletic.” “All of this has been a surprise. Early on when I was doing stuff with the SEC Network, they had me do this film breakdown and called it ‘Doing Work With Draya.’

“I was naturally enthusiastic about it. One, because I was talking about hustle, and that’s how I made a living in college basketball. Secondly, I naturally was good at it, the way I could pause and freeze it, draw it, and keep it moving and be interactive.

“Once I realized that was a strength of mine, everyone that I work with played to that strength, so they’ve given me more opportunities to do that,” Carter said. “I honestly never had an idea of what kind of analyst I was going to be. It just sort of molded into its own form.”

Watch Carter join the “College GameDay” crew as they travel around the country this season for ESPN.