Siera Santos
{{Short description|American sportscaster (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Siera Santos
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|6|10}}
|birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
|alma mater = Arizona State University
|occupation = TV host
|employer = MLB Network
NHL Network
}}
Siera Santos (born June 10, 1988) is an American sportscaster. She is an MLB Network personality who was hired to be one of the hosts of Quick Pitch after Heidi Watney left.{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/media/2022/03/18/siera-santos-leaving-fox-10-phoenix-mlb-network/7090665001/|author=Billy Goodykoontz|title=Siera Santos of Fox 10 Phoenix is leaving the station: 'I got called up!'|website=azcentral.com|accessdate=3 May 2022}} Santos has also been a fill-in host for Off Base, and is also an NHL Network personality who occasionally hosts On the Fly. In March 2023 Santos along with Ryan Dempster was named co-host of Intentional Talk with Kevin Millar.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/03/15/mlb-network-tabs-ryan-dempster-siera-santos-join-intentional-talk/11475893002/|author=Steve Gardner|title=Ryan Dempster, Siera Santos named new co-hosts of MLB Network's 'Intentional Talk'|website=usatoday.com|accessdate=23 March 2023}}
Early life and education
She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. She admitted to being the bad kid and getting into trouble in high school and being sent to bad girl boot camp in Southern Utah.{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/media/2021/10/17/siera-santos-fox-10-sports/8427224002/|author=Bill Goodykoontz|title=How Siera Santos went from 'bad kid' boot camp to Fox 10 Phoenix sports anchor|website=azcentral.com|accessdate=2 November 2023}} She credited sports for changing her life. She got her GED and went to Scottsdale Community College and later graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona with honors majoring in broadcast journalism.{{cite news|url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/get-to-know-siera-santos|author=Siera Santos and Fox 10 Staff|title=Get to know Siera Santos|newspaper=Fox 10 Phoenix|date=17 September 2020 |accessdate=3 May 2022}}
Career
Santos got her start in Colorado Springs, Colorado at KOAA-TV then went KWTV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and then KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/ruben-amaro-jr-aj-andrews-keiana-martin-bo-porter-siera-santos-join-mlb-network|title=Ruben Amaro, Jr., A.J. Andrews, Keiana Martin, Bo Porter and Siera Santos join MLB Network on-air broadcast lineup|website=mlb.com|accessdate=3 May 2022}} Santos worked in Chicago, Illinois for four and a half years from 2015–2020, first at NBC Sports Chicago and then for WFLD before going back home to Phoenix working at KSAZ-TV.{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/17/22982547/former-chicago-sportscaster-siera-santos-joins-mlb-network|author=Jeff Agrest|title=Former Chicago sportscaster Siera Santos joins MLB Network|website=suntimes.com|date=17 March 2022 |accessdate=3 May 2022}} While at NBC Sports Chicago, she served as the beat reporter for the Chicago White Sox, appearing on pregame, in-game and postgame during White Sox broadcasts.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-siera-santos-fox-nbc-sports-chicago-20200331-qexzv74kkje6bj65akmtnrn6ge-story.html|author=Phil Rosenthal|title=Fox-32 sports reporter Siera Santos leaving for Phoenix|website=chicagotribune.com|date=31 March 2020 |accessdate=3 May 2022}} After the departures of Watney and Alexa Datt in 2022, Santos was one of the hires by the MLB Network. In 2023, she and Dempster replaced Stephen Nelson as Millar's co-hosts on Intentional Talk
Personal life
Santos is a fan of the Arizona teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/csn-tomboy/tomboy-csns-siera-santos|title=Tomboy:CSN's Siera Santos|website=nbcsports.com|date=24 February 2017 |accessdate=3 May 2022}} One of her dogs is named Neil Diamond.
References
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External links
- {{twitter|SieraSantos}}
{{MLB Network}}
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Category:American television reporters and correspondents
Category:Arizona State University alumni
Category:Television personalities from Phoenix, Arizona
Category:American sports journalists
Category:American women sports journalists
Category:American women television journalists