Ann Schatz Wiki, Age, Wife, Gay, Partner, Family, Husband, Salary, Net Worth
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Ann Schatz Biography – Ann Schatz Wiki
Ann Schatz is an Emmy® award-winning sports broadcaster and play-by-play announcer for Pac-12 Networks, ESPN, Root Sports and the Portland Pilots men’s and women’s basketball teams. With a broadcasting career of over 30 years, Ann is widely known and regarded as an accomplished sports broadcaster, speaker and entrepreneur. She has covered the NBA Championships, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the Boston Marathon, NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments and the US Women’s Open Golf Championship.
Ann started her career at KMTV 3 News as a sports anchor and reporter in 1980. She became Nebraska’s first female sports broadcaster. In 1989, she moved to KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon, becoming Oregon’s first female sports broadcaster. In December 1993, she broke the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan skating scandal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Ann left KOIN-TV for Bader Media Group in 1998, producing Nike Special Projects including the 2000 Summer Olympics. She interviewed Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Mia Hamm, Lance Armstrong, Phil Knight, and the 2000 US Women’s National Soccer Team.
Ann also worked with the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) as a color analyst, Sideline and Field Reporter with ESPN, Studio Host and Sideline and Feature Reporter for the Portland Trail Blazers. She had stints at Westwood One, and Portland Timbers & Thorns FC. She moderated two global soccer panels, including the 2014 FIFA Women’s World Cup Kick Off symposium.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Ann received her B.A. in Journalism/Mass Communications from Creighton University in 1979.
Ann Schatz Emmy
Ann Schatz was the recipient of the Northwest Regional Emmy® Award from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Televisions Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for the best in the Sports Play-by-Play/Analyst category in 2022. The Emmy Awards recognize excellence in programming and individual craft achievement in television and media arts. She became the first woman to win the Sports Play-by-Play/Analyst category ever in the Northwest Chapter.
“I’d like to give a huge thanks to my trusted friends and colleagues at the Pac-12,” Ann said in a statement released by Pac-12 Networks. “This is a huge honor, and I’m grateful to be recognized with some of the Northwest’s finest. I’m also grateful for the student-athletes that I get to represent and shine a light on their undeniable skill, spirit and passion. They make me better. Every single one of them. If not for Pac-12 Networks’ commitment to these programs and student-athletes, the broadcast opportunities wouldn’t exist. To say this gig has been the highlight of my career would be a huge understatement.”
“Ann is one of the best in the business, bringing energy and excitement to every one of her Pac-12 Networks broadcasts for the last ten years,” said Pac-12 Networks President Mark Shuken. “This award couldn’t have gone to a more deserving person, and I know I speak for the entire Pac-12 when I say we are all very proud of Ann for this award.”
Ann Schatz Age
Longtime sportscaster Ann Schatz was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Ann Schatz Family
Veteran sportscaster Ann Schatz hails from a prominent family in Omaha. Her father was a federal district judge in Omaha. Her brother, Thomas Schatz, is a noted film educator, historian, and author.
Ann Schatz Wife
Sportscaster Ann Schatz is married to her wife Lisa Hunefeld. Ann and Lisa married in 2014 after being together for about 20 years.
In a 2019 interview with KGW Sunrise anchor Brenda Braxton, Ann opened up about her wife Lisa, stating: “She’s a private person. She is blossoming in terms of what she is doing career-wise. She had a great tenure at Nike and then decided to get into coaching and leadership. I’m so proud of her because her soul is like none other and her spirit and her heart and kindness are like few others so lucky me and then the people she gets to spread that goodness to. That’s a wonderful thing.”
Ann Schatz Gay
Pac-12 announcer Ann Schatz is gay. Quizzed when she came out professionally, the Omaha native said: “I’m not sure if I ever did. I just quit trying so hard not to be found out.”
Ann Schatz is on Twitter as @AnnSchatzPdx. Her Twitter bio reads, “Sports Broadcaster. Speaker. Mother of Atticus Finch and Cash. I throw lucky pennies over my shoulder. When I grow up I want to be like my mother…”
