{{short description|American sports journalist}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person |name = Jamie Hersch |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|05|25}} |birth_place = Champlin, Minnesota |alma_mater = University of Southern California |occupation = Sports journalist |employer = NHL Network{{dot}}MLB Network }}
'''Jamie Hersch''' (born May 25, 1987) is an American journalist for the NHL Network and the MLB Network, where she hosts the NHL Network show ''On the Fly'' and on an occasion the MLB Network version ''Quick Pitch''.<ref name="Jamie Hersch bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=107720|title=Jamie Hersch bio|website=NHL.com|accessdate=15 April 2019}}</ref> Hersch is married with two kids: a son named Brooks Russell (born April 22, 2019) and a girl named Cadence Marciana (born July 22, 2021).<ref>{{cite web |author=Elizabeth Boger |title=NHL NETWORK'S JAMIE HERSCH RETURNS HOME FOR HOCKEY DAY 2019 |url=https://www.minnesotahockeyjournal.com/news_article/show/985351 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |website=minnesotahockeyjournal.com }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bathe |first=Carrlyn |author-link=Carrlyn Bathe |date=8 March 2021 |title=Candid Conversation with Jamie Hersch |url=https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/candid-conversation-with-jamie-hersch/c-322261062 |accessdate=22 May 2021 |website=nhl.com}}</ref> She is a fan of the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Wild.<ref>{{cite web |author=Randy Johnson |title=Q&A with Jamie Hersch of the NHL Network |url=https://www.startribune.com/q-a-with-jamie-hersch-of-the-nhl-network/506635312/ |accessdate=30 September 2020 |website=startribune.com|date=4 March 2019 }}</ref>
==Early life and education== Hersch was born and raised in Champlin, Minnesota, where she spent time figure skating.<ref name="Special Homecoming">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/north/story/hockey-day-minnesota-jamie-hersch-fox-sports-north-bemidji-2019-homecoming-120618|title=Hockey Day Minnesota will be special homecoming for Jamie Hersch|website=foxsports.com|date=6 December 2018 |accessdate=15 April 2019}}</ref> Her mom was a speech/language pathologist with the Anoka-Hennepin school district's early intervention program. Hersch was first interested in broadcasting by watching Michele Tafoya on Monday Night Football.<ref name="All Female Edition">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolschram/2019/03/04/kendall-coyne-schofield-joins-broadcast-team-for-nhl-networks-2nd-all-female-edition-of-nhl-now/#46ceab717261|title=Kendall Coyne Schofield Joins Broadcast Team For NHL Network's 2nd All-Female Edition Of 'NHL Now'|author=Carol Schram|website=forbes.com|accessdate=4 June 2019}}</ref> Hersch started covering sports events in high school. She graduated from Champlin Park High School in 2005.<ref name="Hersch class of 2005">{{cite web|url=https://www.ahschools.us/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1204&ModuleInstanceID=860&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=30346&PageID=36574|title=Jamie Hersch, Champlin Park High School, Class of 2005, Fox Sports North anchor/reporter|website=ahschools.us|accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref> She graduated from the University of Southern California magna cum laude in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumni.uscannenbergmedia.com/alumni/jamie-hersch/|title=Jamie Hersch|website=uscannenbergmedia.com|accessdate=30 September 2020}}</ref> While at USC, Hersch covered the USC athletic teams, had a number of positions at the campus TV Station, and was third place in 2009 Hearst Broadcast Competition winning one thousand dollars.<ref name="2009 Hearst Winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.hearstawards.org/hearst-broadcast-competition-i-winners-named-2/|title= Hearst Broadcast Competition I Winners Named|website=hearstawards.org|date= 7 January 2009|accessdate=15 April 2019}}</ref>
==Career== Hersch started her career in WKOW-TV in Madison, Wisconsin. Then in 2013, came back home when she hired by Fox Sports North (now Bally Sports North) to cover the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Wild. During her time with Fox Sports North, Hersch traveled to Kuwait to cover several former NHL players who brought hockey to the American troops serving overseas. They spent several days living at Camp Buehring with the soldiers while running hockey skills clinics and playing floor hockey games on the base.<ref name="Jamie Hersch bio"/> In 2015, when the MLB Network and the NHL Network paired up, she joined the networks.<ref name="Jamie Hersch likes sports">{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/nhl-networks-jamie-hersch-wants-people-to-stop-asking-if-she-actually-likes-sports-13236745|title=NHL Network's Jamie Hersch Wants People to Stop Asking if she "Actually" likes Sports|author=Alexandra Svokos|website=bustle.com|date=5 December 2018 |accessdate=15 April 2019}}</ref> Hersch announced her departure from the MLB Network during the 21 September 2024 edition of MLB Network's Quick Pitch. She also spent some time covering sports for the Big Ten Network.
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==External links== *{{twitter|JamieHersch}} *{{instagram|jamiehersch}}
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