Mark Fratto

Mark Fratto has been a voiceover artist and live sports announcer for 20 years with more than 3,000 events, sports promos and commercial spots under his belt. Fratto’s experience behind the microphone includes serving as public address announcer at Capital One Arena in D.C. for the NBA's Washington Wizards, at Yankee Stadium for New York City FC Major League Soccer contests, at Madison Square Garden for New York Knicks, college basketball and New York Liberty games, at MetLife Stadium for the New York Football Giants, at Pocono Raceway for NASCAR, at the Westchester County Center for Westchester Knicks NBA G League games, at MCU Park in Coney Island for Brooklyn Cyclones Baseball and Brooklyn Bolts Football, at Rutgers University for Sky Blue FC women’s professional soccer, and as the announcer for a variety of NCAA Division I intercollegiate contests at the University of Maryland, St. John’s University and for a number of other New York area colleges, universities and professional teams. Fratto was recently commissioned to be the new Voice of Army Football at Michie Stadium in the Fall of 2019; he’ll continue that role in 2020. Fratto has served as a ring announcer for boxing events at Madison Square Garden and in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and all across the country. He has announced for Golden Boy Promotions, Matchroom Boxing, Mayweather Promotions, DiBella Entertainment, K2 Promotions, GGG Promotions, Roy Jones Jr. Promotions, Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Promotions, King’s Promotions, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, Murphy’s Boxing, Salita Promotions, Hard-Hitting Promotions, Hitz Boxing, Rising Star Promotions, Uprising Promotions, Petra Nemcova’s Happy Hearts Fund, the NYPD and FDNY and has called fights on HBO, HBO PPV, Showtime, HBO Latino, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, CBS Sports Network, MSG Network, Facebook and Ring TV. Fratto – who was a collegiate athletics administrator in the communications departments of St. John’s University and the University of Maryland for 15 years from 1999 to 2014 –founded Linacre Media, a full-service digital/social media, production services and public relations consulting firm, in the Fall of 2014. Linacre Media is an official broadcast partner of the NBA and serves as the primary production partner for the Westchester Knicks, Long Island Nets and Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League, in addition to packaging numerous other pro/college/high school athletics events for platforms like CBS Sports Network, the Madison Square Garden Network, ESPNU, Comcast Sports Networks, Facebook and Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE, ESPN+, ESPN3 and the Campus Insiders Network/Stadium. Linacre Media has produced events for the NBA, the BIG EAST Conference, Nike, Jordan Brand, the American Athletic Conference, the Atlantic 10 Conference, the Ivy League, the Patriot League, the Northeast Conference, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, professional boxing and MMA promoters, the ABA, the FXFL, St. John’s University and the CUNYAC. State University of New York College at Geneseo, 1995-1999, Concentration in Media Studies/Journalism. Access to numerous studios in New York City and in Washington, D.C. Extensive experience in public relations, copy writing and hosting and announcing live events.