Quick facts
Birth date 6 Mar, 1966
Age 53 yrs
Occupations Basketball player
Journalist
Sports commentator
Citizenship United States of America
Education Pennsylvania State University
Gender Female
Description American basketball player


Lisa Salters, a reporter, an anchor a TV show host and a former basketball player by profession, came to life on March 6th 1966 and is currently 60 years of age. She is a Native American and was born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. She was born to her parents in US and was very close to her family. She is characterized by her beautiful looks and a short height. She is 5 feet and 2 inches in height and has been popular in her graduation college as one of the shortest players in Basketball in the college history. She did her high school from ‘Upper Merion Area High School’ and remained on the Hall of Fame wall of her school because of the all-round performance during school.

She later on graduated from Penn State University with a degree in journalism in the year 1988. She started playing basketball while she was in her graduation college and remained in the college’s team for the entire duration of her studies. She became much popular there as a basketball player and for her performances. Not much is known about the personal relationships of Lisa on the internet as she does not like to discuss much about her personal life on media. She is not known to have a boyfriend or a husband and any children of her own. However it is known that she adopted a baby boy with the name Samuel and is living with him since long.

According to her biography, Lisa started to work as a reporter immediately after completion of her studies and graduation. She worked in the channel ABC news from the year 1995 till 2000 wherein she reported for TV shows like ‘World News Tonight’ and other shows. She reported many criminal incidents and other civil court related matters and gained an image of a fearless reporter working there. From there she was picked by ESPN who gave her the offer of a reporter and Lisa accepted the offer immediately to work as the sports reporter. For ESPN she has reported for many sports including NBA, soccer, track games, Tennis and many others.

She has gained much popularity for her sports stories she has covered at ESPN. She has also covered major sports events like FIFA world cups, Tennis Grand slams and other major sporting events. She has also remained as the host and the co-host of various TV shows on ESPN like ‘Outside the Lines’, ‘Monday Night Football’ and other shows. She was also nominated for the prestigious Emmy Awards for her reporting skills displayed at ESPN.

Lisa has been socially very active on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram and has got many followers there. Her Twitter account has got close to 30k followers and she keeps on posting her images and recent story updates there. She has got an estimated net worth of around $ 2 million and her worth is projected to increase in the future as well considering her continuing association with ESPN and other reporting assignments.

Last Modified: Feb 25, 2020




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