Holly Sonders
| Holly Sonders | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1987 |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Michigan State University |
| 💼 Occupation | Sports Journalist, sideline reporter |
| 📆 Years active | 2009-present |
| 👔 Employer | Fox Sports |
Holly Sonders (born March 3, 1987)[1] is a Fox Sports on-air talent and former golfer. Among her duties for Fox Sports, she a sideline reporter for NFL and College Football games and sub host for a number of Fox Sports shows.
Early life and education[edit]
Sonders is a native from Marysville, Ohio[2], She was an accomplished junior golfer, winning the American Junior Golf Association and UCT National championship tournaments in 2001. She was offered a scholarship to join the Michigan State University’s women’s golf team where she played all four years on the team which included earning Academic All-Big Ten honors following her sophomore and junior seasons, while also helping lead the team to a Big Ten Conference championship in 2007. A veteran of 93 rounds during her collegiate career, she started in the NCAA Regional tournament three times and competed in the NCAA Championship tournament twice. Also, she participated in the United States Women’s Amateur Championship in 2006. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2009 with a degree in journalism.[3] An injury in college prevent her from joining the LPGA.[4]
Broadcasting career[edit]
Sonders started her broadcasting career at WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio she quickly moved to the Big Ten Network, where served as a sideline reporter for the channel’s soccer coverage. The following year, she joined KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she served as a field reporter and gained valuable experience on the station’s live news broadcasts. In 2011, she joined Golf Channel to be a co-host of their new morning talk show Morning Drive. She quickly became one of Golf Channel’s most popular personalities. She also hosted “School of Golf” and “Playing Lesson with the Pros,” for the Golf Channel. In 2014, she joined FOX Sports as a reporter and remote studio host for USGA events, as well as a reporter for a package of NFL games.[5] In the 2015 U.S. Open (golf), she was widely criticized for asking champ Jordan Spieth if he brought an extra outfit in case for the playoff Monday.[6] Fox Sports in general took a lot of criticism following its U.S. Open broadcast debut.[7] This lead Fox Sports 1 to reassign Sonders[8] and later remove her from Golf coverage altogether in 2018.[9] However, she does co-host a golf show called 18 holes with Natalie Gulbis and Jimmy Hanlin.[7] In 2016, Sonders also took on reporting duties for a full slate of college football games. In 2019, Sonders regularly appears as a guest host on FS1’s daily studio shows, including Skip and Shannon: Undisputed and The Herd.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Sonders was married to one-time co-host of Morning Drive Erik Kuselias and is dating Arizona Cardinals head coach and former Texas Tech quarterback Kliff Kingsbury[10] She met Kingsbury when he was the head coach at Texas Tech and she was covering the game.[2] She is a fan of the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team.[11] She made an appearance on an episode of the Fox show New Girl.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Holly Sonders". cobragolf.com. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jason Hoffman. "Q&A: Fox Sports personality Holly Sonders talks about her career path, athletic background". cincinnati.com. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Holly Sonders Fox Sports Profile". foxsports.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ "Holly Sonders". golf18holes.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ↑ "Report: Holly Sonders leaving Golf Channel for Fox". golf.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ Cindy Boren. "The best and worst moments from Fox's U.S. Open broadcasts". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jessica Marksbury. "Holly Sonders explains her exit from Fox Sports golf broadcasts: 'The golf at Fox just didn't turn out to be what we thought it would be'". golf.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ↑ Chris Chase. "Holly Sonders 'reassigned' on Fox's live golf telecasts after U.S. Open debacle". usatoday.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ Golf Wire. "Holly Sonders will not be a part of future Fox Sports golf telecasts". golf.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ The Forecaddie, Golf Week. "Kliff Kingsbury relationship with Fox Sports' Holly Sonders revealed". www.azcentral.com.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
- ↑ Adam Woodard. "Fox Sports' Holly Sonders on golf, successful career, March Madness". golfweek.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ↑ Sean Zak. "Holly Sonders Making Guest Appearance On New Girl Tuesday". golf.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
External links[edit]
- Holly Sonders profile at Fox Sports
- Holly Sonders on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Holly Sonders profile at 18 holes
- Holly Sonders IMDB's page
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