Wendi Nix is yet another remarkable sports analyst and commentator that has risen to fame over the years. Wendi works with ESPN since 2006 and she is assigned to cover the NFL and college games. She earns a salary of $ 800,000 and her net worth is estimated at $ 2 million in the current rating.
Wendi Nix Biography and Early life
Wendi was born on 17th September 1974 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Invariably she is of the White American race her birth sign is zodiac Virgo. Wendi attended the Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina she graduated from high school in 1992.
Wendi proceeded to the Wofford College in Spartanburg where she bagged a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French and Economics in 1996. Her quest for further studies was uncompromised, consequently, in 1997 she obtained a Master’s degree in Sports Management from the prestigious University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
While at Wofford, Wendi presided over the student Union body and became the captain of the college golf team. She was a two-year captain of the golf team, taking the footsteps of her father, Wayne Nix who was a Football coach. However, Wendi earned the full support of her parents in her games as they always attend all of her sporting activities while in college.
Professional Career
Wendi Nix came to the limelight as a result of her career as a sports reporter with ESPN way back in 2006. A quick flashback into her career revealed that she had anchored the sports program ‘Sports Extra’ on WHDH in Boston in 2003 to 2005 and she was also a sports correspondent with Fox Sports Nets, WPDE, and NESN in South Carolina. Sometimes back, Wendi was also a weekly host of the weekly Chalk Talk events on ESPN’s primetime MNF games.
Her Father
The love of sports for Wendi did not come out of the blues. Instead, it is the influence of her father, Wayne Nix that got his daughter to tow a similar path although as a reporter. Her father was a high school football coach.
Interestingly, she is not the only member of her family that is interested in sports as all others also have a passion for it. It is because of this that they always attended her high school games.
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Personal Life, Married, Husband, Divorce, Children
A very beautiful and successful woman, Wendi Nix has been married more than once in the past. Her first marriage was to the GM of Boston Red Sox, Ben Cherington with whom she had two children. Unfortunately, the marriage did not work out, ending in divorce. It was in 2011 that she revealed that her marriage had ended but she did not state the reason behind the failure of the union.
Nix later found solace in Joe Ritchie and after some form of relationship with him, she decided to get married to him, thus, in 2016, Nix announced her marriage to Joe Ritchie through her Twitter handle. She is still in custody of her two daughters from her previous marriage while married to Ritchie, however, Wendi decided to keep mute about her new husband’s personality.
Nix loves the ocean and traveling more than football. She frequently travels with her family in oceans and beaches. Nix usually shares her children’s pictures via her Twitter. The family currently resides in South Carolina. Wendi Nix also loves adventures like traveling, and hiking among other things. It is interesting to know that Wendi has good followership on Twitter which has already gone more than 40.5k followers in recent stats. Wendi is also the beach type as she pastime always by going to the beach, alongside her daughters.
Wendi Nix Net Worth, Salary
From her career as a reporter, and sports anchor, Wendi Nix receives a whopping salary of $800,000, however, her actual net worth has not been officially revealed. Nonetheless, it has been estimated that her net worth close to $2 million as of 2018.
Body Measurement, Height, Weight
Inasmuch as Wendi is in her mid-40s she still maintains an ideal body structure, with her height measuring up to 5 feet to 10 inches with a weight of 54kg, her hips measure up to 30-24-35 inches with all these sexy body measurements alongside her brown eyes, blonde hair and élan one would hardly believe that Nix is over 40 years. As she is still considered one of the most charming and attractive sports reporters hitherto.
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