Emily Kaplan Biography
Emily Kaplan is an American Television personality serving as a reporter for The Walt Disney Company’s coverage of the National Hockey League. She is also a co-host of In The Crease – The ESPN NHL Podcast and a national hockey writer and reporter for ESPN.com. In addition, she makes regular appearances on ESPN’s Around the Horn.
Emily Kaplan Age
How old is Emily Kaplan? Emily is 31 years old as of April 2023. She was born on 7 May 1991 in New Jersey, U.S.
Emily Kaplan Height
She is 5 feet 6 inches tall (Approximately 1.68m or 168cm).
Emily Kaplan Nationality
She is American by nationality since she was born and raised in the United States of America. However, she is of Caucasian ethnicity.
Emily Kaplan Education
Kaplan received a journalism degree from Penn State University in 2013. Prior to joining Penn State University, she studied at Montclair High School from 2005 – 2009. While in ninth grade, she freelanced stories for her hometown weekly paper, The Montclair Times. Since she was under 18 they only paid her $12 an article.
Emily Kaplan Parents
What is Emily Kaplan’s background? Emily is a native of New Jersey. She was born and raised there. Her father Dave Kaplan was a Sunday sports editor at The New York Daily News and her mother is Naomi Kaplan.
Emily is the middle child and she has two sisters, Leah Kaplan(elder sister) and Eva Kaplan(younger sister). Because she is a middle child Emily thought her father never loved her as much as he loved her sisters.
“My dad was a Sunday sports editor at The New York Daily News, and I’m the middle child of three girls, and I had a serious middle-child complex, so I always thought my dad hated me (laughs),” she says. Inherently, to get close to him, I chose what he did. He was a huge hockey fan, and we bonded by watching Rangers games.”
Emily also mentioned in an interview that her favorite place to visit is Cape Cod. “My grandparents built a house there in the 60s and our family has gone every summer since. There’s something very serene about summer in New England.”
Emily Kaplan Husband
Is Emily Kaplan married? Emily has not revealed whether she is married, she is single, or she is in a relationship. On January 19, 2020, Emily Kaplan, a lady with a similar name to hers was wedded at 99 Scott, an events space in Brooklyn. However, it turned out that was not her.
Emily Kaplan ESPN
Who is the female NHL reporter on ESPN? Kaplan is the female NHL reporter on ESPN. She serves as a reporter for The Walt Disney Company’s coverage of the National Hockey League and is a co-host of In The Crease – The ESPN NHL Podcast. Kaplan is also a national hockey writer and reporter for ESPN.com.
Together with Hall of Fame sportscaster Linda Cohn, In The Crease – The ESPN NHL Podcast brings fans insider perspectives, reporting, reactions, and analysis to the latest breaking headlines and under-the-radar stories both on and off the ice.
Kaplan joined ESPN in 2017 and provided coverage of the Stanley Cup Final as the only in-arena reporter for ESPN due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She also reported on the NHL’s struggles with mental health and how players confronted anxieties and isolation during the 2021-2022 pandemic season.
In addition, Kaplan makes regular appearances on ESPN’s Around the Horn, the weekday program that consists of a satellite roundtable discussion of topical sports issues with journalists from around the nation.
Prior to joining ESPN, Kaplan worked at Sports Illustrated, the Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Is Emily Kaplan Related to David Kaplan?
Emily is not related to David Kaplan. David is an American columnist, and radio and television personality who currently co-hosts Kap and J. Hood weekday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. CST on ESPN 1000. He also has a highly popular YouTube page where he posts what he has popularized as the reKAP after every Cubs, White Sox, Bears, and other Chicago and major sporting events.
The two happen to be in the same career line. They also have similar last names. However, there is nothing more than that between them.
Emily Kaplan Salary
Kaplan serves in various positions at ESPN hence her salary ranges between $70,000 – $75,000 per year.
Emily Kaplan Net Worth
She has a well-paying job at ESPN hence her net worth is around $1 million as of 2023.
