Lisa Kerney


Lisa Diane Gangel Kerney is an American sportscaster, Kerney worked for ESPN until April 2018.

Early life and education

Kerney grew up in Leawood, KS where she graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, KS in May, 2000. Upon graduation, Kerney attended Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, as a broadcast communications major and was point guard and captain of the women's basketball team; the Fighting Knights are in NCAA Division II. She earned a bachelor's degree in May 2004 and gave the commencement address a dozen years later in 2016.

Career

Kerney joined ESPN in February 2014 and was the co-anchor of the 11 p.m. Sportscenter. Her last day on ESPN was on April 27, 2018.
Prior to joining ESPN, Kerney was the sports anchor at WCBS-TV in New York, for CBS 2 News This Morning since January 2012. She had also been at MLB Network from October 2010 to December 2011, where she was a sports contributor/reporter. Kerney worked for five years at KING-TV in Seattle, from October 2005–10, as weekend sports anchor and Northwest Sports Tonight host.
She received The Montana Standard 2005 People’s Choice Awards: Top Choice for "Best Sports Reporter," and "Best TV Personality," while sports producer/reporter/anchor at KXLF-TV in Butte, Montana. In the summer of 2003, she interned at Metro Sports in her native Kansas City, Missouri.

Personal life

Her husband Patrick Kerney was a defensive end for eleven seasons in the National Football League. Twice an All-Pro, he played eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and three with the Seattle Seahawks. They married in 2010 and have four children.