Emily Kaplan Biography
Emily Kaplan is a media personality working as the national NHL reporter for ESPN. She is also a co-host of In The Crease, The ESPN NHL Podcast. In addition, she is a national hockey writer and reporter for ESPN.com. Previously, she worked at Sports Illustrated, the Boston Globe, the Associated Press, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Emily Kaplan Age
Kaplan is 32 years old as of January 2024. She was born on May 7, 1991, in New Jersey, United States.
Emily Kaplan Height and Weight
She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) and weighs around 55 kg – 60 kg.
Emily Kaplan Nationality
She is an American national. She also belongs to the Caucasian ethnicity.
Emily Kaplan Education
Between 2005 and 2009, Emily attended Montclair High School. While in ninth grade, she freelanced stories for her hometown weekly paper, The Montclair Times. Since she was under 18 they only paid her $12 an article. In 2009, she joined Penn State University and graduated in Journalism in 2013.
Emily Kaplan Family
Emily is the daughter of Dave Kaplan and Naomi Kaplan. Her dad Dave was a Sunday sports editor at The New York Daily News. She was raised alongside her two sisters, Leah Kaplan(elder sister) and Eva Kaplan(younger sister).
“My dad was a Sunday sports editor at The New York Daily News, and I’m the middle child of three girls, and I had a serious middle-child complex, so I always thought my dad hated me (laughs). Inherently, to get close to him, I chose what he did. He was a huge hockey fan, and we bonded by watching Rangers games,” Kaplan says.
My little sister doing big things! https://t.co/If7aamPIR0
— Emily Kaplan (@emilymkaplan) October 18, 2019
Emily also mentioned that her favorite place to visit is Cape Cod in an interview. “My grandparents built a house there in the 60s and our family has gone every summer since. There’s something very serene about summer in New England.”
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Emily Kaplan Husband/Wedding
Is Emily Kaplan married? Despite being in the media industry Emily has managed to keep her personal life private. Therefore, it is not known whether she is married, single, or in a relationship. She hasn’t also disclosed whether she has kids or not.
Emily Kaplan ESPN
Kaplan serves as a reporter for The Walt Disney Company’s coverage of the National Hockey League and is a co-host of In The Crease – The ESPN NHL Podcast. She is also a national hockey writer and reporter for ESPN.com.
Together with Hall of Fame sportscaster Linda Cohn, In The Crease – The ESPN NHL Podcast brings fans insider perspectives, reporting, reactions, and analysis to the latest breaking headlines and under-the-radar stories both on and off the ice.
Kaplan joined ESPN in 2017 and provided coverage from the Stanley Cup Final as the only in-arena reporter for ESPN due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and reported on the NHL’s struggles with mental health and how players confronted anxieties and isolation during the 2021-2022 pandemic season.
Kaplan also makes regular appearances on ESPN’s Around the Horn, the weekday program that consists of a satellite roundtable discussion of topical sports issues with journalists from around the nation.
Before joining ESPN, Kaplan worked at Sports Illustrated, the Boston Globe, the Associated Press, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Emily Kaplan Interesting Facts
Since she was very young, the American Journalist had shown interest in sports. At 6 years old, she had an interest in hockey. Together with her father, David Kaplan, they used to watch every single hockey game. They were also fans of the New York Rangers.
Emily Kaplan Salary and Net Worth
She earns an average salary of $102,000 per year. She also has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
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