Olivia Dekker
| Olivia Dekker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Olivia Harlan April 8, 1993 |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2013-present |
| 👔 Employer | ESPN College Football SEC Network |
| Title | Miss Kansas Teen USA 2010 |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Sam Dekker |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Kevin Harlan (father) |
Olivia Dekker (née Harlan) (Born April 08th, 1993) is a ESPN/SEC Network College Football sideline reporter and was Miss Kansas Teen USA in 2010, completing in the Miss Teen USA 2010. Her father is Kevin Harlan a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports and TNT Sports and her grandfather is Bob Harlan, a former executive for the Green Bay Packers. She has three brothers and sisters. She graduated at the University of Georgia in 2014.[1] She grew up in Kansas City, Kansas.
Career[edit]
Prior to Dekker joining ESPN in 2015, Dekker covered SEC and ACC football for Fox Sports South and Raycom as a reporter and she co-hosted a daily web series on packers.com for the Green Bay Packers training camp as the team reporter. She was previously a sideline reporter for Green Bay Packers preseason games on Packers TV Network, and a host of ACC All-Access and sideline reporter for Atlanta Hawks games on Fox Sports South.[1] Dekker and her father Kevin Harlan made history by being the first father-daughter to call a NFL game when the San Francisco 49ers played the Green Bay Packers on October 15th, 2018.[2]Harlan was the play by play announcer and Dekker was the sideline reporter for Westwood One.[3]
Personal[edit]
Dekker is married to Sam Dekker who plays for the Washington Wizards and played on the Wisconsin Badgers Basketball team from 2012-2015.[4][5] The Couple asked family, friends, and fans to donate to the Children's Center Family Foundation instead of receiving wedding gifts. They raised over $65,000 dollars on their wedding fundraiser.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Olivia Dekker". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "Father and Daughter make history". USA Today. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ Jaclyn Hendricks. "Olivia Dekker's Broadcasting Rise briefly runs aside famous dad". NY Post. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "Dekker Harlan married". The Knot. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "Sam Dekker Olivia Harlan Wisconsin's Royal Wedding". Green Bay Press Gazette. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ Marina Affo. "Dekkers raise over $65,000 from wedding for Children's Cancer Family Foundation". Sheboygan Press. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
External Links[edit]
- Olivia Dekker profile at ESPN Media Zone
- Olivia Dekker on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- ↑ Jaclyn Hendricks. "Olivia Dekker's Broadcasting Rise briefly runs aside famous dad". NY Post. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ Marina Affo. "Dekkers raise over $65,000 from wedding for Children's Cancer Family Foundation". Sheboygan Press. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
