engaged with Walker’s youth through on-campus volunteering and events through NESN’s employee volunteer program, NESN Connects. While at V-103, Duncan launched a Cause & Effect series to recognize a number of local nonprofit organizations quarterly. The series consisted of different events throughout Atlanta that raised funds for underexposed nonprofit organizations. Duncan has also worked as a spokeswoman with Enchanted Closet, an organization which provides prom dresses, shoes, and accessories to disadvantaged girls for prom. Girl Dad On January 27, 2020, the evening after the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, Elle Duncan hosted ESPN's flagship program SportsCenter and gave an emotional, heartwarming account of a conversation she had with Bryant two years earlier at an ESPN event in New York City, where Bryant told her: "I'm a girl dad". It started a national trend for the hashtag "Girl Dad" featuring pictures and accounts of daughters and their dads. Accolades Top 25 Women in Atlanta – The Steed Society 2011 Inspiring Women Award – Atlanta Dream Atlanta's Top 30 under 30 – AUC Magazine 50 Most Beautiful Atlantans – Jezebel Magazine Power 40 Under 40 It List – Johnson Media References External links Elle Duncan on Twitter African-American television hosts American television journalists African-American television personalities American television sports anchors Disney people ESPN people Living people People from Atlanta African-American women journalists American sports journalists 1983 births American women television journalists African-American sports journalists 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American women American women sportswriters University of West Georgia alumni