Sam Neidermann is the play-by-play voice of the North Dakota State University Bison. He serves as the radio play-by-play voice of NDSU football and men's basketball and hosts each program's radio and TV coaches shows. Since being named "Voice of the Bison" in 2023, Neidermann has called a national championship for NDSU football in 2024, the tenth FCS title of the Bison football dynasty, and a trip to the NCAA tournament for NDSU men's basketball in 2026. He was named NSMA North Dakota Sportscaster of the Year in 2025. 

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Neidermann also he hosts "The Insiders", a two-hour daily sports talk radio show on Bison 1660, the flagship radio station for NDSU athletics. 

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In addition to his work at North Dakota State, Sam has called games nationally with Westwood One, America's leader in live audio play-by-play, since 2021. 

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In 2026, he debuted on Westwood One's NCAA men's basketball tournament coverage calling Saint Louis vs. Georgia in first round action and called his fourth NCAA women's basketball tournament regional on the Westwood One NCAA radio network. Previously, he spent two seasons calling college football on Westwood's airwaves, drawing notable assignments such as Ohio State vs. Michigan in 2021 and Alabama vs. Tennessee in 2022. 

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In 2022, Sam joined ESPN's college football coverage as a play-by-play broadcaster, calling games on ESPN+, including the first two rounds of the Division I FCS Playoffs. In 2023, he called Florida State's spring game alongside former FSU quarterback EJ Manuel and ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel. 

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Neidermann began his professional career at Stony Brook University in New York, where he called play-by-play for Stony Brook baseball, softball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, and volleyball from 2021-2023. He served as the voice of Stony Brook women's basketball telecasts on SNY and produced Thirteen Hundred Miles to Omaha, a three-part documentary about Stony Brook's 2012 College World Series baseball team. 

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Neidermann graduated from Indiana University, where he called play-by-play of IU football, basketball, and soccer on WIUX student radio and BTN Student U. He also served as the traveling play-by-play voice for IU softball and interned in the Cape Cod Baseball League as a play-by-play broadcaster for the Cotuit Kettleers. 

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Prior to graduating from Indiana, Sam studied for two years at the University of Alabama. He called high school sports on family-owned radio in historic Selma, Alabama and also worked with hall of fame announcer Eli Gold, serving as the studio host for Birmingham Bulls hockey broadcasts on News Radio 960 WERC. ​

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Neidermann's broadcasting journey began as a student at Fishers High School (Ind.) where he was a member of the speech team for four years and co-founded the Fishers Sports Network, a streaming network for Fishers athletics that he helped launch with close friends and supportive faculty. 

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A proud Hoosier, Sam is a native of Fishers, Ind. He currently resides in Fargo, ND. with his wife, Shelby. 

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