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Orange A Family Affair For Belbey

Kevin Belbey '13 G '16 L '16 celebrates right under the NCAA trophy after Syracuse defeated Marquette in the 2013 Elite Eight.

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When Kevin Belbey '13, G'16, L'16 was in eighth grade, he had the opportunity to attend a sports broadcasting camp run by Syracuse University alumnus Ian Eagle '90. Eagle is the television play-by-play announcer for the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, Belbey's favorite basketball team. Belbey came to idolize the former play-by-play voice of the Orange in football, basketball and lacrosse.

"My goal was to become the next Ian Eagle," he says. "I had my heart set on Syracuse University, and I also knew that I wanted to be involved with the basketball program.