In 2010, the Washington Wizards needed a new in-game public address announcer and opened the position for tryouts. The team received over 220 applicants and 16 potential candidates were invited to tryout at the Verizon Center. The pool was then narrowed down to five finalists and Ralph Wesley prevailed. TAI’s Kyle Weidie and ex-BulletsForever.com honcho Mike Prada both covered the event; their write ups are still worthwhile reads.
Wesely has since settled nicely into the role as the Wizards P.A. guy. As the D.C. native enters his seventh season behind the mic, parallelling John Wall’s career, it felt appropriate to get his take on the Washington organization.