Last Updated on June 23, 2021 by Noah Anusta
Hannah Storm is a television sports journalist, recently working for ESPN’s SportsCenter as an anchor. Do you want to know more about Hannah Storm? Then, keep reading!
Early life and educational background of Hannah
Hannah Storm was born Hannah Lynn Storen Hicks, but she got the fame by her stage name Hannah Storm. Hannah Storm was born in the year 1962 in Oak Park, Illinois. Every year she celebrated he birthday on June 13th. Hanna’s parent’s father Mike Storm and Mother Hannah G. Storm raised Hannah very well and take care of her.
Her father was a sports executive and her mother was a real estate agent in the United States. She holds American Nationality and belongs to the White ethnicity. Her sodic sign is Gemini. She joined Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia. She enrolled in the University of Notre Dame which is located in Norte Dame, Indiana. She received a degree in political science and communication in 1983.
Career and professional life of Hannah
In 1980, for the first time storm work as a disc jockey for a hard rock station in Texas. She worked for WNDU-TV then on the NBC associated in South Bend, Indiana. She also worked at a Houston rock station KSRR 97 Rock as the drive-time sportscaster and traffic reporter. For four years, she stays in Houston working different jobs inkling, radio and Tv jobs, hosting. For 1 year she worked as a weekend sports anchor on WCNC TV 36 in Charlotte North Carolina. She switches to CNN from there.
In 2008 May Strom start working for ESPN as an anchor sports center weekdays from 9 a.m to noon and Sunday mornings while the NFL season with Bob Ley. She worked with the tennis host to her ESPN responsibility by co-hosting the 2009 US Open with Mike Tirico and Chris Fowler. In 2010 her colleague Tony Korn Heiser criticized her outfit on the radio show, saying her outfit looked like ‘a sausage casing’. Then he was banned from ESPN for two weeks. Later he apologized to her over the phone call.
From the years 2010, she started hosting for the ESPN Sports on Saturday, a show on cooperating sibling ABC, likely to Wide World of Sports. In the same year, her colleague Stuart Scott and Hannah covered for the 2010 NBA Finals between Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. For 1 year she worked as the host of the NBA Countdown pregame show exchange with Stuart Scoot until the 2011/12 NBA season. The storm covered the breaking news about Sportsneter after the death of her fellow Scott in 2015.
In 2016 on the live broadcast from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio, she announced the death of another fellow John Saunders. She was nominated one of 2018’s “Woman of Influence” by Multichannel News. Storm worked on her other passion besides broadcasting such as film production where she founded Brain Stormin’ Production, through which has produced, directed award-winning documentaries and branded content. She has also worked on films including, for ESPN’s Peabody Award-winning film series ’30 for 30′, Unmatched, part of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Coverage, Shaq & Dale, Love & Payne, Moving the Goal, and the short film Swoopes from the series ‘Nine for IX’.
Awards and Honors of the Hannah Storm
While working on her own with Brainstormin’ Productions, she owns few awards including;
- The 2013 Gracie Award for Outstanding Web Site – Information/Entertainment
- The 2012 Gracie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Producer – Entertainment
- 2011 Gracie Award for Outstanding Producer – News/non-fiction for unparalleled
Personal life of Hannah
As of 2021, Hannah Storm is 59 years and married to Dan Hicks. Her husband Dan Hicks is an American sportscaster for NBC Sports. These lovely couples welcomed three daughters together. The name of the kids is Railer, Hannah, and Ellery Storm. They recently living happily in Greenwich Connecticut.
On 2012 December 11, Hannah face an accident. At that time she undergoes a second-degree burn on her chest and hands. First-degree to her neck and facial from the propane gas grill at her home. In that accident, she lost her eyebrow, eyelashes, and almost half of her hair. On 2013 January 1, she came from the Burn Center at Westchester medical center Valhalla, New York. However, she wasn’t fully recovered at that time she was wearing a bandage on her left hand and sporting hair extensions.
Height, weight, and body measurement of Hannah
The beautiful lady has a slim and tall body which is overall perfect and well-suited as a TV personality. She stands 5 feet and 9.5 inches and weighs 64 kgs. Her body measurement is not available now, but we’ll update you soon about it.
Networth and salary of Hannah
As of 2021 the estimated net worth of Hannah storm is $4 million and her estimated salary is $43,540 to $129,570 annually. She earns fame and a massive amount of net worth from her successful career as a journalist. Besides that, she is a sports commentator, presenter, author, and actor but she is mainly devoted to her job as a journalist.
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