Scott Van Pelt is an American sportscaster and sports talk show host. He grew up in the Washington D.C. area and attended the University of Maryland, where he studied radio, television and film.

Van Pelt began his career in sportscasting at WTTG-TV, a FOX affiliate in Washington, D.C. in 1990 and then moved on to the Golf Channel, where he worked from 1995 to 2000 as a studio host for some of the network's signature programs. He left the channel in 2001 to join ESPN, where he served as a presenter for SportsCenter and was one of the network's top golf correspondents, covering major tournaments such as the Masters Tournament. After acquiring the cable rights to the tournament, Van Pelt also appeared on ESPN's coverage of The Open Championship. He co-anchored the 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter on ESPN, served as the co-host of SVP & Russillo alongside Ryen Russillo on ESPN Radio, and hosts various golf events for the network.

In June 2015, Van Pelt left his radio show to become a solo anchor for a midnight edition of SportsCenter. Van Pelt is a big DC Sports fan, having grown up there.