Michael Kim
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Michael Kim (born in Columbia, Missouri) is a presenter for SportsCenter on ESPN.
Kim is the lead presenter for Sportscenter on ESPN America, viewed in 67 countries and territories in Europe, the MIddle East and North Africa. This edition of Sportscenter, which launched March 1, 2010, also airs on ESPN (UK).
Kim joined ESPN as one of the original presenters on ESPNEWS prior to its November 1, 1996, launch. In his more than 15 years at ESPN, he has also contributed as an anchor to ESPN's SportsCenter and other ESPN news and information programming including First Take and NHL 2Night.
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[edit] School
Kim graduated from Fulton High School in Fulton, Missouri in 1982.
He was a three-sport athlete for the FHS football, basketball and baseball teams. He was a three-year letterman in football. He played quarterback and wide receiver, and earned all-conference honors as a punter in 1981. A four-year letterman in baseball, Kim was named to the all-conference team three times and twice to the all-district team as an outfielder.
On January 28, 2012, Kim was inducted into the Fulton High School Wall of Fame, along with U.S. Army (Ret.) Maj. Gen. Byron Bagby and former FHS basketball and baseball coach Darrell Davis.
Kim continued his baseball career at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where he was a three-year starter as an outfielder. While attending Westminster, he was a member of the Skulls of Seven. The student group, founded in 1898, is a mystical society dedicated to upholding the traditions and ideals of Westminster College. He graduated from Westminster College in 1987, with a bachelor's degree in political science and business administration.
He earned a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1991.
He delivered the commencement address at Westminster College in May 2008 when he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree.
[edit] Career
[edit] Prior to ESPN
From 1991 until joining ESPN in 1996, he worked at NewsChannel 8 in Springfield, Virginia. While there in 1993, he was awarded an Emmy for sports reporting on a series called "Local Heroes," which was also recognized as the "Best Sports Series" by the Society of Professional Journalists. He also received an award from the National Association of Black Journalists for "Best Sports Feature."
[edit] ESPN
Kim joined ESPNEWS November 1, 1996, prior to its premiere and he has been one of the faces of the network. In addition to ESPNEWS he served as an alternate host for the NHL 2Night program and handled the SportsCenter update duties on Mike and Mike in the Morning and ESPN First Take.
He is the first Asian American national sportscaster to anchor on a daily basis.[citation needed]
