Lauren Shehadi (42), is an American sportscaster with the MLB network. In the course of her career, she has hosted both national and international events. The McLean native started honing her skills while in college and worked at stations like KMXC-TV before finding her niche at MLB Network.
Aside from her career, the media personality’s great looks earned her a nomination as one of the sexiest sportcaster at the beginning of her career.
The Biography of Lauren Shehadi
Lauren Shehadi was born on May 23, 1983, in McLean, Virginia to parents of Lebanese descent. Her parents, Mary Shehadi and Michael Shehadi raised her and her only sister. Aside from keeping other members of her family away from the cameras, she has shared images of herself and her father on her social media page.
She was a lover of sporting activities right from High school where she was active on the softball team-the Saxons at Langley High School. After completing high school in 2001, she enrolled at the University of North Florida.
Her Career as a Sportscaster
She started honing her journalism skills while still a student at the University. While following the careers of her favorite athletes, Shehadi hosted the Gatorzone- an online sports channel at her school that reported sporting activities in Florida.
During her internship with The Best Damn Sports, she also doubled as a sports anchor at a TV station- KMXC-TV based in Minot. It was while at KMXC that she met Jim Olson whom she referred to as the man that first accepted and taught her many things about the profession.
The Virginia Native Has Spent a Decade at MLB
Since she launched her career as a sportscaster, she has spent much time at MLB studios. Lauren gives great interviews while on screen or during pre or post-game sessions adding to her prowess.
Thus, this marked a career breakthrough with her move to MLB Network in 2012 where she appeared side by side with the iconic presenter Matt Yallof on The Rundown on MLB Network. Her stellar interviews have helped to place her among the commentators on the network.
Over the years, Shehadi has appeared on other sporting segments including MLB Central alongside Mark DeRosa and Robert Flores.
With that being said, the Virginia native hosted the Podium-a podcast giving a closer look into the activities of athletes during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
More than a decade since joining the network, Shehadi is a sought-after sportscaster with many years of experience. She still hosts MLB Central for three hours every morning. Accordingly, the sports enthusiast flies to Atlanta every week to film the show at the Networks’ studio based in Secaucus, N.J.
She was Nominated as One of Playboy’s Sexiest Sportscasters
Lauren Shehadi’s great commentaries and contributions to segments is not the only thing that is making her popular, her good looks is another thing that is drawing attention to her. Thus, Playboy nominated her among their sexiest sportscaster in 2009.
While at the time she had just launched her career, she was placed alongside other attractive women like Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson, Bonnie Bernstein, and Molly Sullivan who made it to the top five
The contest was won by Erin Andrews. However, this has not stopped fans from admiring her beauty. Going through her Instagram pictures, the remarks on her looks give credence to her beauty.
The 64 Media Personality is Not Married
Aside from her professional career on screen and on the sidelines giving interviews, Lauren Shehadi has managed to keep her love life private. However, this has only led to speculations about her marriage.
Apparently, she appeared wearing an engagement ring while promoting Project Sunshine- a nonprofit on February 9, 2018. Though she never verified or revealed the identity of her mystery man, nothing has been heard about her getting married.
As a result, there are rumors linking her to a colleague, Matt Yallof, her co-host on The Rundown.
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Lauren Shehadi’s Net Worth
The 5 ft 6 inches tall sportscaster, Lauren Shehadi has a net worth of $1.1 million which she garnered from her career.
While her earnings may not be as high as that of Jim Rome with a net worth of $110 million and an annual salary of $30 million making him the richest paid commentator, her career has been quite successful. Hopefully, in the years to come, her fortune will increase.
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