Nigerian-American Rosalyn Gold-Onwude is an Emmy Award-winning American sportscaster and a former basketball player. She serves as a sports reporter, announcer, and analyst for NBA on TNT. Likewise, in her career, she has worked for other broadcasting channels such as Pac-12 Networks, CBS, ESPN, and MSG Network.
As a sports reporter, she has reported Golden State Warriors’ game for NBC; covered Comcast SportsNet's Sunday coverage for San Francisco 49ers’ game; covered the United States’ National Basketball team in the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.
Likewise, as a basketball player, she played for the Nigerian national basketball team. She also helped her team to advance to the semi-finals in the 2011’s Fiba-Africa Olympic Qualifier tournament.
Bio: Height Plus Nationality
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude stands at the height of 5 feet 9 ½ inches (1.77 meters).
She was born in Queens, New York, on 28th April 1987. She was raised by her Nigerian father, Austin Onwude, and Jewish mother, Pat Gold; hence she embraces a mixed ethnicity of Nigerian, Russian, Latvian, and Polish.
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She studied at Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood. Later, she got enrolled at Stanford University and graduated with a Master's degree in Sociology of Organizations, Business, and the Economy. Also, she has a degree in Communications.
Who Is Rosalyn Gold-Onwude Dating? Her Personal Life
As per a tweet of 25 April 2016, Rosalyn Gold-Onwude stated that she was in a relationship with her boyfriend. And a year later, on 1 June 2017, inquisitr.com reported that she was in a low key relationship with the famous American basketball player, Kevin Durant.
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude tweeted about her boyfriend on 24 April 2016 (Photo: Rosalyn Gold-Onwude's Twitter)
However, no confirmed news has been revealed about her personal life, which makes her dating life a mystery.
Her Career As A Basketball Player
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude was interested in basketball since her childhood. During her days at Archbishop Molloy High School, she used to play basketball for the high school basketball team. She has also contributed to two state basketball titles wins for her team in 2003 and 2004, respectively.
Sadly, her high school career ended due to her knee injury. Nevertheless, she ended up being the all-time leader in steals and assists and the second all-time leading scorer for her team. In 2011, she was inducted into the GCHSAA Hall of Fame—the first Molloy athlete who got inducted.
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude with her colleagues at First Take on ESPN on 25 January 2020 (Photo: Rosalyn Gold-Onwude's Instagram)
After recovering from her injury, she started to play Division I Basketball for her university team. She used to play as a starting point guard in the 2005-06 season but again suffered from a knee injury in the 2006-07 season. Fortunately, in the 2007-08 season, she made her return as a shooting guard and participated in two national championship games and three Final Fours games.
For her contribution and skills, she was even named as the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year during her final year at Stanford University.
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Furthermore, her team won four conference titles while Rosalyn played for the Cardinals. Later, her injury continued, and she took retirement from the game and started her career as a sportscaster.
Interesting Facts About Rosalyn Gold-Onwude
After signing a deal with the Turner Sports, Rosalyn Gold-Onwude relocated to Atlanta in late 2017.
In 2017, she attended the first annual NBA Awards with the popular rapper Drake.
After she interviewed Klay Thompson, she found herself in a meme situation.
During an interview with popsugar.com, on 31st January 2018, she stated that her boyfriend was older than her.
