Long before Smith was commentating as ESPN’s lead softball color analyst, she was setting records and winning Olympic medals. Michele Smith is known for her left-handed pitching that saw her and the rest of Team USA win gold twice at the Olympics for softball. When Smith was younger she was involved in a car accident that should have ruined her career. However, she underwent extensive rehab for nine months and came back swinging.
Smith has been with ESPN since 1998, and in 2012, she became the first female sports commentator for a Major League Baseball game that was televised across the country.
Gevrina Catalina
Gevrina Catalina is a bilingual sportscaster and television personality fluent in Spanish and English. Catalina is the first-ever sportscaster for Los Angeles Football Club, who is simultaneously the bilingual digital reporter for the Los Angeles Rams.
She is an accurate representation of the diversity of Sports in Los Angeles. She graduated from the prep sports school Mater Dei. In addition to Spanish and English, she speaks fluent French - it seems like no matter where she is in the world, Catalina will always have a job!
Tracy Wolfson
Four-time Emmy-nominated sports broadcaster Tracy Wolfson is a force to be reckoned with. She made the bold move from ESPN to CBS Sports in 2004, and she's been on the sidelines at some of the most significant games in the world ever since.
She was a sideline reporter for the inaugural "Thursday Night Football" package, and before that, she was sideline reporter for the SEC on CBS Football.
Jenn Sterger
Model, television personality, and former online columnist for Sports Illustrated, it seems as though Jenn Sterger has done it all. She was a co-host of the Versus sports news show, "The Daily Line," and worked as the Gameday Host for the New York Jets.
Currently, she works for All Elite Wrestling as a backstage interviewer. Though she's been out of the spotlight in recent years, she is one of the most notable women in sports media in the past 20 years!
Amanda Balionis
Golf fans who tune into TNT and CBS Sports broadcasts all know who Amanda Balionis is; she's become somewhat of a household name. Balionis started her media career at Hofstra University, where she majored (like many on this list) in broadcast journalism.
While still studying, she worked at the student newspaper. Climbing her way to the top, she interned for several stations and started her professional career at a paper in Lancaster. She began as a reporter for the PGA tour, eventually making her way to CBS Sports in 2017!