Summer Sanders Bio | Wiki
Summer Sanders is a renowned American sports commentator, reporter, television personality, and actress. She is also a former competition swimmer and Olympic champion from 1992. As of now, she works as a commentator on the new Pac-12 Network. Summer recently hosted the game show Keywords for HLN. In addition, as an actress, she has appeared in Jerry Maguire (1996) and Broken Record (1997).
Summer Sanders Age
She was born on October 13, 1972, in Roseville, California, in the United States. Summer is 50 years old.
Summer Sanders Height
She is a woman of tall stature. Summer stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx 1.75 m).
Summer Sanders Family
She was born to her supportive parents in Roseville, California, in the United States. Summer holds an American nationality and is of white ethnicity. She is a secrative person when it comes to issues regarding her family as she has kept their whereabouts away from the public. However, she has an older brother Trevor who was a swimmer.
Summer Sanders Husband
She married her loving husband Erik Schlopy in July 2005. Erik is a World Cup skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He recieved a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom at the 2003 World Championships. He is also the cousin of Todd Schlopy, who briefly played for the Bills in 1987. Summer and Erik are parents of two children. On June 9, 2007, her childhood home was destroyed by a fire. Before, she was married to Olympic swimmer Mark Henderson from June 4, 1997, to 2001.
Summer Sanders Education
She attended Cavitt Junior High School and Oakmont High School graduating with her high school diploma. Summer joined Stanford University to swim under Hall of Fame coach Richard Quick in 1991. During her time, she had a collegiate swimming career attaining several awards.
Summer Sanders Olympics | Swimming
Her swimming career began when she was three years as she could swim a lap in the pool. She later joined the Sugar Bears, an age-group swimming program in 1976. Summer later joined the Sierra Aquatic Club with coach Ralph Thomas, and finally to California Capital Aquatics under coach Mike Hastings. She finished in the third position on the 1988 Olympic Team when she was 15.
During the 1989 Pan Pacific Championships, she won a silver medal in the 200 individual medleys behind Lin Li of China. Also, she won the 400-meter individual medley and the 200-meter butterfly in 1991. She joined Stanford University to swim under Hall of Fame coach Richard Quick in 1991. Moreover, in her first two years, she won eight NCAA National Championship titles.
Summer became the 1991 and 1992 recipients of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving. At the 1991 World Championships in Perth, she won three medals, gold for the 200-meter butterfly, silver for the 200-meter individual medley, and bronze for the 400-meter individual medley. Further, she became the first American woman to qualify for four individual events at one Olympiad at the 1992 Olympic Trials. In addition, during the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, she won four Olympic medals.
Summer Sanders Figure It Out | Nickelodeon | Show
Summer worked at Nickelodeon as the first female host of a Nickelodeon game show, Figure It Out. She hosted the children’s panel game show from 1997 to 1999. Further, in 2012, the show was revived with Jeff Sutphen as host. The show has six seasons with 233 episodes.
Summer Sanders Pac-12 Network
She began working on tv while competing as she was a commentator for CBS Sports for the NCAA Swimming Championships from 1992 to 1994. Summer was a commentator for NBC’s coverage of swimming at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Also, she served as an Olympic analyst and host during the 1996, 2000, 2002, and 2010 Olympic Games for NBC. In 2000, Summer was the host of Scholastic at the Olympic Games on MSNBC.
Moreover, for eight years, she co-hosted NBA Inside Stuff with Ahmad Rashad. She was also a sideline reporter for the WNBA and feature correspondent for NBA on NBC from 2000 to 2002. Further, she worked as a correspondent, host, and co-host on several stations like Nickelodeon, MTV, ESPN, and Fox Sports Net among others. Summer appeared on the third season of Celebrity Apprentice, and competed for charity.
She was a general correspondent for Good Morning America and Rachael Ray. She covered the 2012 Olympic Games in London and hosted “Elite Athlete Workouts” on Yahoo! Sports. As of now, she is a commentator on the new Pac-12 Network. In addition, she recently hosted the game show Keywords for HLN.
Some of Summer’s colleagues at Pac-12 Network include:
Kevin Stocker – Baseball Analyst
Cindy Brunson – Sports Commentator
Guy Haberman – Play-by-play Announcer and Studio Host
Yogi Roth – Football Analyst
Summer Sanders Salary
She receives decent pay working as a commentator on the new Pac-12 Network. Summer’s salary is $86,590 annually.
Summer Sanders Net Worth
She has attained decent possessions from working as a sports commentator, reporter, television personality, and actress well as a former competitive swimmer and Olympic. Summer’s net worth is $2.1 Million.
Who Is Summer Sanders
Summer is a renowned American sports commentator, reporter, television personality, and actress. She is also a former competition swimmer and Olympic champion from 1992. As of now, she works as a commentator on the new Pac-12 Network. Summer recently hosted the game show Keywords for HLN.
How Old Is Summer Sanders
Summer is 50 years old born on October 13, 1972, in Roseville, California, in the United States
How Tall Is Summer Sanders
She is a woman of tall stature standing at a height of 5 ft 9 in.