Kate Fagan
Kate Fagan | |
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Born | Kathleen Elizabeth Fagan November 15, 1981 Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Education | University of Colorado Boulder |
Occupation | Sports journalist |
Spouse | Kathryn Budig |
Website | bykatefagan |
Kate Fagan (born November 15, 1981)[1][2] is an American sports reporter and commentator who previously was employed by ESPN. Before joining the ESPN staff, she worked as the Philadelphia Inquirer's beat writer for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
Early life
Fagan was born in
Fagan attended the
University of Colorado statistics
Sources[5]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
1999-00 | Colorado | 5 | 15 | 28.6% | 14.3% | 100.0% | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | - | 3.0 |
2000-01 | Colorado | 20 | 51 | 32.7% | 25.0% | 87.5% | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 2.6 |
2001-02 | Colorado | 34 | 172 | 45.8% | 47.6% | 62.2% | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | - | 5.1 |
2002-03 | Colorado | 32 | 348 | 39.7% | 38.7% | 95.4% | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 10.9 |
2003-04 | Colorado | 30 | 384 | 42.0% | 42.9% | 88.7% | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 12.8 |
Career | 121 | 970 | 40.9% | 86.1% | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.0 |
Career
In 2006, Fagan began her professional career as a sports editor for the
As an ESPN writer beginning in 2012,
Fagan is a regular on the 538 podcast Hot Takedown.[11]
In 2014, Fagan authored The Reappearing Act: Coming Out as Gay on a College Basketball Team Led by Born-Again Christians through Skyhorse Publishing.[12] The memoir chronicles Fagan's experiences on the Colorado women's basketball team. Her second book, What Made Maddy Run, about Madison Holleran, a University of Pennsylvania track and field athlete who took her own life in 2014, was released on August 1, 2017.[13] Her book delves into the pressure young women face in regards to social media, specifically Instagram. She brings to light the disparities between Holleran's depressive reality, and the fun and filtered photos that she posted on Instagram.[14]
Personal life
On October 4, 2018, Fagan married her partner Kathryn Budig.
References
- ^ a b "Kate Fagan". Colorado Buffaloes. 2003. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ Fagan, Kate (August 28, 2003). "Buffaloes' Kathleen Elizabeth Fagan Journal". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Kate Fagan - ESPN MediaZone". Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ Kate Fagan (April 29, 2014). "Book excerpt: 'The Reappearing Act'". ESPN. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Kate Fagan." Contemporary Authors Online. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2015. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, May 4, 2017.
- ^ Fagan, Kate (May 29, 2013). "Owning the Middle". ESPN The Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- Best American Sports Writing, edited by Stout. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. p. 385.
- ^ "Kate Fagan." Contemporary Authors Online. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2017. The Gale author profile mistakenly implies that Fagan has work included in the 2013 anthology; however, "Notable Sports Writing" is a separate annual list included in the following year's anthology.
- ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (November 19, 2018). "Kate Fagan declines extension and leaves ESPN, perhaps another sign of their coverage shifting towards on-field stories". awfulannouncing.com. Awful Announcing. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "Introducing Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight's First Podcast". March 16, 2015.
- ^ "Search Results".
- ^ "Exclusive book excerpt – 'What Made Maddy Run' by Kate Fagan". espnW. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ^ "From The Mag: Penn runner's depression masked on social media". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 10, 2017.