Heidi Watney, an American sportscaster, has maintained a prominent place in the field of sports broadcasting. Currently, she works for the MLB network as a host and reporter like Lauren Shehadi and Kevin Millar. Further, she has also with the networks like Network England Sports Network (NESN) and Time Warner Cable SportsNet.
Moreover, the sportscaster has also involved in a rumored relationship with the athletes. Do You want to know more details of her controversy and relationship involvement? Then read on to know all the information below.
Heidi Watney: Bio, Family, Education
Watney was born on 19 May 1981, in Fresno, California, the United States. She was born as the only child to her parents Dean Mitchell Watney and Alison Brooks. Her Mother has worked as a reporter. So, we can say that she was influenced by her mother to join the journalism. She is also related to Nick Watney, her cousin who is a PGA pro and won 5 wins on the Tour.
Her parents separated while she was young. After divorce, she tagged along with her father and had to move a lot. As her father had served in the U.S. Army. Also, she has spent her two years of life in Vietnam.
Heidi has attended Clovis West High School. During her school days, she has trained gymnastics, diving, hurdles, and cheerleading. Additionally, she has received a National Merit Scholarship. Later, she joined the University of San Diego and graduated in 2003 with a B.A. degree.
Moreover, in 2002, she participated in the Miss California beauty pageant. She does not win the first place but ended up with the runner-up.
Heidi Watney: Career & Life Achievements
Watney started her career as a sportscaster. Before joining NESN, she has worked with ESPN Radio 1430 KFIG and KMPH-TV. She was a reporter for the NESN’s pre and post-game show. Further, she has hosted the network shows like ‘Red Sox Report’ and ‘Ultimate Red Sox Show’. She had covered the reports for the network from 2008-2011.
Currently, she is studio host for the MLB’s ‘Quick Pitch’. Also, during the regular season, she has hosted the nightly highlight show for the network. Before joining the MLB network, she has worked with Time Warner Cable SportsNet. With the Time Warner, she has covered the Los Angeles of Major League Soccer.
Heidi Watney: Personal Life & Husband
Being a celebrity, many people want to know about their personal life, family, relatives, and of course, she is married or not. Well, regarding Heidi, what we can say, she is no more single and married her boyfriend Mike Wickham. Mike is a director of the baseball operation at Miami Marlins LLC. Further, she has not revealed exact information on their dating history. But on 31 December 2014, the couple has tied a knot at Edgewater, New Jersey. Together the couple has welcomed their first child in April 2018. Additionally, she keeps on sharing the pictures of his son Jax on her social networking sites.
Watney was involved in various controversies and rumors. While working with NESN, she was rumored to end Jason Varitek’s first marriage. But the rumor got down when Jason remarried with Catherine. Further, in 2008, she became the part of a controversy when she was fired from radio KMPH. Also in 2009, she allegedly reported being in relationship with Nick Green.
Heidi Watney: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
Moving towards her net worth, she has accumulated a good fortune from her journalism career. Working as a sportscaster, she has made a net worth of $3 million which is considered to be a hefty amount. Nevertheless, she earns a salary of $250 thousand per annum. She had gathered this amount from working in NESN and later MLB network.
The sportscaster is also highly active over different social media platforms. She shares the glimpse of her lavishing lifestyles and photos of her family as well. On Instagram, she has the account @heidiwatney with 54.6k followers. She has a Twitter account @HeidiWatney having 146k followers. On Facebook, she has the handle @heidiwatney with more than 7.5k followers.
Heidi Watney: Body Measurements
The gorgeous journalist has a perfect slim body with the measurements of 32-24-36 inches. She has height of 5 feet 10 inches or 1.77 meters and weighs around 61 kg. Furthermore, she has dark brown eyes and hair as well.
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