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Years with the Patriots: 2022 - present
Steven Cusumano is in his third season with the Somerset Patriots as the team’s Play-by-Play Broadcaster and Manager of Media Relations and Broadcasting. Prior to joining the Patriots, Steven served as a Broadcast Assistant for the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2021-22 season, hosting content and features that aired on Lightning Radio broadcasts. In 2020, Steven also worked as a Broadcast Assistant for the Tampa Bay Rays, producing audio content for Rays Radio. In 2023, Steven filled in as a pregame and postgame host on the Rays Radio Network.
During his time as a college student, Steven broadcasted play-by-play for Pac-12 Network’s coverage ofArizona State University baseball and softball during 2018 and 2019. Prior to joining the Patriots, he last called Minor League Baseball play-by-play in 2018, when working as the Play-by-play Broadcaster and Media Relations Coordinator for the Tri-City ValleyCats: former short season Class-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. Steven also called MiLB play-by-play in 2017, as the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for the Orem Owlz; former Rookie affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.
In addition to broadcasting play-by-play of all Patriots home and road games, Steven’s responsibilities for the Patriots include media relations, content creation and social media management. On the side from his work with the Patriots, during the off-season, Steven freelance broadcasts college athletics at local universities, including Rutgers and Princeton. Steven was born and raised in Staten Island, New York and later moved to Queen Creek, Arizona. He graduated Cum Laude from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication with a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Journalism in 2019.
Years with the Patriots: 2022 - present
Eli Fishman is in his second season with the Somerset Patriots as the team’s Broadcasting and Media Relations Assistant, having served as a Media Relations Intern in 2022.
A rising senior at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, during his time on campus Eli has served various on-air roles for Ithaca's radio and television stations. Eli is the play-by-play voice of Bombers football and men's basketball on the school's TV station, and broadcasts various sports including baseball, softball, field hockey, volleyball, and lacrosse on 91.7 WICB Ithaca.
Additionally, he co-hosts College Emmy nominated "Sports Final", a weekly show on ICTV dedicated to covering local high school, collegiate, and professional athletics.
Hailing from Maplewood, NJ, Eli has worked as a broadcaster for nearly a dozen colleges and various television networks across the northeast on a freelance basis. His experience includes calling Cornell University athletics on ESPN+ and serving as the voice of the 2024 Junior College World Series on the NJCAA Network.
Before joining the Patriots, Eli was a journalist covering the New York Yankees farm system, contributing to YES Network and Pinstriped Prospects.
Beginning at the age of 12, he produced content for his YouTube and other social media platforms, interviewing players and coaches at various college and Minor League Baseball teams throughout the area.
Eli’s play-by-play career began with the Jersey Pilots of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League in Madison, NJ, where he called home games from 2018 to 2021.