{{Short description|American beauty pageant contestant}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox sports announcer | name = Guerin Austin | image = Guerin Austin headshot.png | image_size = 150px | caption = Austin in 2004 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|30}} | birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} | alma_mater = Oklahoma City University | years_active = | team = Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins | genre = Sideline reporter | sport = Major League Baseball | employer = New England Sports Network (2014–2020) | title = Miss Nebraska USA 2004 }} '''Guerin Elizabeth Austin'''<ref name=GBPG>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31448160/st_marys_nursing_school_alumni_meet/ |title=St. Mary's nursing school alumni meet after 50 years |first=Dian |last=Page |newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette |location=Green Bay, Wisconsin |page=D-6 |date=August 15, 2003 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛər|ɪ|n}} {{respell|GAIR|in}}; born November 30, 1980) is a television host, model and beauty queen from Bellevue, Nebraska, who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. From 2014 through 2020, she was a sideline reporter for New England Sports Network (NESN), best known for her work at Boston Red Sox games.
==Biography== Austin grew up in Seattle, Washington, in what she called a "hockey family," and figure skated as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.capitals.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=105009|title=3-25-11 CRL Elliot's Take on Guerin Video - NHL VideoCenter - Washington Capitals|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref> Her given name was her grandmother's maiden name.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=guerinaustin |number=1134608655637274624 |title=Family name, my grandmother's maiden name. |date=May 31, 2019 |accessdate=May 31, 2019}}</ref> Austin graduated ''cum laude'' with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Oklahoma City University. She was a Congressional intern for Representative Lee Terry,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanbros.com/nebraska/guerin_bio.html |title=Guerin Austin Bio |website=vanbros.com |date=2004 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040831190728/http://www.vanbros.com/nebraska/guerin_bio.html |archive-date=August 31, 2004 |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> received an award from the Oklahoma Broadcaster's Association, and studied international media in London.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
Austin won the Miss Nebraska USA 2004 title in a state pageant held in October 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bellevue woman is pageant winner|first=Betsie|last=Freeman|date=2003-11-12|publisher=Omaha World-Herald|page=2b}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31448333/nebraska_royalty/ |title=Nebraska royalty |agency=AP |newspaper=Sioux City Journal |location=Sioux City, Iowa |page=A4 |date=October 6, 2003 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> During her reign, she spoke to thousands of school children and toured the USS ''Nebraska'' submarine and Camp Pendleton. It was her second attempt at the title, as she placed as a semi-finalist in the 2002 event.<ref name=GBPG/> Austin represented Nebraska at Miss USA 2004.
Austin began her broadcasting career{{when|date=February 2019}} as a sports intern for KETV in Omaha, Nebraska, covering Nebraska Cornhuskers football and Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} In 2012, she won a Capital Emmy award for a documentary of the Washington Capitals season which she hosted.<ref>[http://capitalemmys.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2012-Emmy-Awardees.pdf 2012 Emmy awardees] capitalemmys.wpengine.com {{dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nba.com/wizards/monumental-teams-combine-win-three-emmy-awards|title=Monumental Teams Combine to Win Three Emmy Awards|date=July 18, 2012|newspaper=NBA.com}}</ref> She worked as host of the ''Capitals Red Line'' program between 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=516357#&navid=WSH-search|title=Capitals Red Line Debuts Second Season Feb. 15 on Comcast SportsNet|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref> and 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=674495#&navid=WSH-search|title=Caps Red Line Wins Third Consecutive Emmy for Best Sports Programming Series|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=719624#&navid=WSH-search|title=Caps Red Line Nominated for Two Emmy Awards|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
New England Sports Network (NESN) hired Austin as a reporter in 2014, initially to report rinkside at Boston Bruins hockey games.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Finn|first=Chad|author-link=Chad Finn|date=September 16, 2014|title=NESN hires Guerin Austin as rinkside Bruins reporter|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/09/15/nesn-hires-guerin-austin-rinkside-bruins-reporter/vKoysQBOYB91MgiaUXEwyK/story.html|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners|url-access=limited}}</ref> She also became the sideline reporter for Boston Red Sox home games at Fenway Park. In June 2016, after the Red Sox made an extra innings comeback against the Chicago White Sox, Austin was caught in the crossfire of the team's exuberant Gatorade celebration, an incident covered by sportscasters around the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/look-red-sox-walk-off-celebration-goes-poorly-for-sideline-reporter/|title=LOOK: Red Sox walk-off celebration goes poorly for sideline reporter|last=Perry|first=Dayn|date=June 24, 2016|newspaper=CBS Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/mlb/index.ssf/2016/06/red_sox_tv_reporter_gets_soake.html|title=Red Sox TV reporter gets soaked during interview|last=Zacchino|first=Mike|date=June 23, 2016|newspaper=The Oregonian}}</ref> Several similar incidents occurred during her time covering the Red Sox.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=guerinaustin |number=1354104009049698307 |title=The past 6 years have been amazing. Thank you. |date=January 26, 2021 |accessdate=January 26, 2021}}</ref> During the 2017 season, she suffered a concussion after fainting on a flight.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31448678/eckersley_says_hes_ready_to_move_on/ |title=Eckersley says he's ready to move on, but is Price? |first=Chad |last=Finn |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=C3 |date=August 4, 2017 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> After the 2020 baseball season, Austin's contract with NESN expired and was not renewed; Austin confirmed her departure from NESN in January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/media/2021/01/26/guerin-austin-leaving-nesn-red-sox-in-game-reporter/ |title=Red Sox in-game reporter Guerin Austin is leaving NESN |first=Chad |last=Finn |website=Boston.com |date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref><!--UNSOURCED additions will be reverted; please see WP:BLP and provide a reliable source for any additions-->
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUpGC3W3rI4 June 2016 Gatorade soaking] via YouTube *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040831190728/http://www.vanbros.com/nebraska/guerin_bio.html Miss Nebraska bio] via Wayback Machine
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