Gary Drapcho
Sports Director

Gary Drapcho's Bio
E-Mail: gary.drapcho@wsee.tv

Gary has been Sports Director and Main Sports Anchor at WSEE since 1984 and has won numerous awards from Associated Press and NAB for local sports coverage including Sportswatch Magazine and play by play for Game of the Week. He has covered Super Bowls, World Series, US Open Golf Tournaments, Stanley Cup Finals and the NBA playoffs during his career. Gary is a multiple winner of the Golden Mic Award as the best sportscaster in the market given each year by the Mercyhurst College Communications Department. He instituted Sportswatch Magazine, Eries only half hour weekly sports program and does play by play work for the Image Sports Network.

Gary is involved in many community activities and was named a Knight of St. Patrick in 2001. A native of Bellefonte, Pa., he and his wife Laura are the proud parents of three daughters, Kymberly, Kara and Katie. In his spare time, Gary loves to play golf, read and sing.

DATE HIRED: June 1984

FIRST STORY: Tom Chapman hired at Gannon for Hoops

FAVORITE STORY: NUMEROUS! Super Bowl, World Series, U.S. Open Golf, Stanley Cup Finals

MEMORABLE INTERVIEW: Jack Nicklaus and Joe DiMaggio

DREAM JOB: NY Yankees play-by-play

FAVORITE TV SHOW: NYPD Blue, ESPN Sportscenter

FAVORITE MOVIE: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

ROLE MODEL: Lombardi, Paterno, Jesus Christ, my father

HOMETOWN: Bellefonte, PA

ALMA MATER: Bellefonte High School and Penn State University

KIDS: three

ZODIAC SIGN: Leo

HOBBIES: golf, singing in choir, reading

FAVORITE FOOD: pasta and anything Italian

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Penn State Football

FAVORITE MUSICIAN: Rolling Stones, U2

WHY I AM A JOURNALIST: Love of telling and showing people sports hilites of the day.