Brooke Olzendam Biography
Brooke Olzendam is a renowned American sportswriter who currently works for the Portland Trail Blazers as part of the Root Sports Northwest broadcast team. Previously, Brooke worked with Fox Sports Indiana as the host of Pacers Live and as a reporter for the Indiana Pacers. In addition, he 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 sideline reporter and pregame/halftime/postgame anchor for the Portland Trail Blazers telecasts. He reports for the Pac-12 Network. Olzendam joined the Pacers after spending two seasons with the CBS College Sports Network as their primetime reporter.
Additionally, she had worked as a sideline reporter for NBC Sports Northwest covering everything from professional baseball to horse racing. He also served as the pregame/halftime/postgame host for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Brooke began her career as the host of Huskies All-Access, covering the Washington Huskies. He further performed sideline reports for Huskies football and basketball and served as host of Running' with the Pac.
Brooke Olsendam Age
Olzendam is 42 years old from 2023. It was born on August 12, 1981, in Spokane, Washington, United States of America. Moreover, she celebrates her birthday on August 12 every year.
Spouse Brooke Olzendam
Olzendam is married to her husband Josh Bennett. Josh worked with Naval Intelligence in Nashville. Brooke met Josh in 2014 after her mother's friend who was at a convention in Nashville connected with him via email.
At first, she didn't want to meet him, but later she decided and met him. The couple later married and are the proud parents of their son Theo who was born in 2015.
Brooke Olzendam Baby, Kids
Olzendam remarried after her first husband died of a heart attack in 2011. Three years later, she married Josh Bennett and had 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 started a campaign to raise money for heart health awareness.
Brooke Olzendam Education
Olzendam attended Shadle Park High School in Spokane for her gymnastics. He later enrolled at Washington State University in 1999, where he earned a bachelor's degree in communications with a specialization in broadcast news from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communications in 2003.
Brooke Olzendam Net Worth
Olsend has an estimated net value of between $1 and $5 million. Her income mainly comes from her successful career as a journalist.
Brooke Olzendam salary
Olsend takes approx annual salary between $40,000 – $110,500.
