Brooke Olzendam Biography
Brooke Olzendam is a renowned American sports presenter who currently works for the Portland Trail Blazers as part of their Root Sports Northwest broadcast team. Previously, Brooke worked with Fox Sports Indiana as a host for Pacers Live and a side reporter for the Indiana Pacers. Furthermore, she works for the Pac-12 Network.
Olzendam is also famous as the founder of Brooke Hearts Your Heart, a program that raises money for Heart Health Awareness. This organization was founded in honor of her husband who died ten days after their wedding.
Brooke is the supporting reporter and pre-game/half/post-game host for the Portland Trail Blazers broadcasts. She does parallel reporting for the Pac-12 Network. Olzendam joined the Pacers after spending two seasons with the CBS College Sports Network as their prime-time reporter.
Additionally, she had worked as a side reporter for NBC Sports Northwest covering professional baseball and horse racing. He also served as pre-game/half-time/post-game presenter for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Brooke began her career as a host for the All-Access Huskies, covering the Washington Huskies. She has also done secondary reporting for the Huskies football and basketball and served as host of Running’ with the Pac.
Brooke Olzendam Age
Olzendam is 40 years old from 2021. She was born August 12, 1981, in Spokane, Washington, United States of America. Furthermore, she celebrates her birthday on August 12 every year.
Husband Brooke Olzendam
Olzendam is married to her husband Josh Bennett. Josh was working with Naval Intelligence in Nashville. Brooke met Josh in 2014 after her mom’s friend who was at a conference in Nashville connected him via email.
At first, she didn’t want to meet him, but then she decided and met him. The couple later married and are proud parents of their son Theo, born in 2015.
Brooke Olzendam Baby, Children
Olzendam remarried after her first husband passed away after suffering a heart attack in 2011. After three years, she married Josh Bennett and had a son named Theo, born in 2015.
The Death of Brooke Olzendam’s Husband
Olzendam lost her husband Andy Collins in 2011, after suffering a heart attack ten days after their wedding. Andy was a former college football quarterback at Occidental College and the University of Oregon. In honor of her husband Andy, Brooke launched a fundraiser to raise awareness of heart health.
Brooke Olzendam Education
Olzendam attended Shadle Park High School in Spokane for high school. She later enrolled at Washington State University in 1999, where she majored in communication with a major in broadcast news from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communications in 2003.
Brooke Olzendam Net Worth
olzendam have an estimate net worth of between US$ 1 million and US$ 5 million. Her income is mainly from her successful career as a broadcast journalist.
Brooke Olzendam Salary
olzendam receive an approximate value annual salary from among $40,000 – $110,500.
