Samantha Ponder

Samantha Ponder is contributor for the six-time Emmy-award winning College GameDay Built by The Home Depot and College Football Live, which she began in 2012. Beginning in 2016, Ponder will join the returning booth of play-by-play commentator Chris Fowler and analyst Kirk Herbstreit for the ABC Saturday Night Football telecast. Ponder, who started at ESPN in 2011, has worked as a reporter in the past for college football (Thursdays), as well as Longhorn Network events, studio shows and feature stories out of the LHN studios in Austin, Texas.  She previously served as a reporter for ESPN’s Tuesday and Saturday primetime college basketball games.

Ponder was previously a host and reporter for Fox Sports, contributing to both Fox Sports Net and Fox College’s coverage of college basketball and football in the Pac 10 and Big 12 conferences

In her role with Fox, Ponder worked as a studio host and a sideline reporter in both college football and basketball.  As a host, she led the pregame, halftime, and postgame studio shows for various events, including the Pac 10 Basketball Tournament and “Paradise Jam,” a preseason tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands featuring teams from the ACC, Big East, and other various conferences.

Ponder is also a frequent radio guest around the country during the college football and basketball seasons, discussing the latest news in college sports. Additionally, she has served as a weekly columnist for FoxSports.com.

Prior to joining Fox College Sports, Ponder interned with ABC Sports Radio and assisted with research on ABC Television’s College Football Studio show in New York. She also served as the sideline reporter and host for all football and men’s and women’s basketball games while in college at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.

Ponder is a native of Phoenix, Ariz.

  • CLIENT ESPN
  • YEAR 10 years
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