Siera Santos

Siera Santos (born June 10, 1988) is an American sportscaster. She is a MLB Network personality who was hired to be one of the hosts of Quick Pitch after Heidi Watney left.[1] Santos has also been a fill-in host for Off Base, and is also an NHL Network personality who occasionally hosts On the Fly. In March 2023 Santos along with Ryan Dempster was named co-host of Intentional Talk with Kevin Millar.[2]

Early life and education

She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona with honors majoring in broadcast journalism.[3]

Career

Santos got her start in Colorado Springs, Colorado at KOAA-TV then went KWTV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and then KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, California.[4] Santos worked in Chicago, Illinois for four and a half years from 2015-2020 first at NBC Sports Chicago and then for WFLD before going back home to Phoenix working at KSAZ-TV.[5] While at NBC Sports Chicago, she served as the beat reporter for the Chicago White Sox, appearing on pregame, in-game and postgame during White Sox broadcasts.[6] After the departures of Watney and Alexa Datt in 2022, Santos was one of the hires by the MLB Network.

Personal life

Santos is a fan of the Arizona teams.[7]

References
  1. Billy Goodykoontz. "Siera Santos of Fox 10 Phoenix is leaving the station: 'I got called up!'". azcentral.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. Steve Gardner. "Ryan Dempster, Siera Santos named new co-hosts of MLB Network's 'Intentional Talk'". usatoday.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. Siera Santos and Fox 10 Staff (17 September 2020). "Get to know Siera Santos". fox10phoenix.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. "Ruben Amaro, Jr., A.J. Andrews, Keiana Martin, Bo Porter and Siera Santos join MLB Network on-air broadcast lineup". mlb.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. Jeff Agrest (17 March 2022). "Former Chicago sportscaster Siera Santos joins MLB Network". suntimes.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. Phil Rosenthal (31 March 2020). "Fox-32 sports reporter Siera Santos leaving for Phoenix". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  7. "Tomboy:CSN's Siera Santos". nbcsports.com. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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