Ashley ShahamAhmadi is an American sports reporter. She has worked for

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coverage since 2023, and has worked as an ESPN Radio

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postseason reporter, covering the Minnesota/Dallas playoff series during the

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. She covered the

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for six years with

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before leaving in 2024. She was replaced by Shannon Spake. She also covered the

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as well.

College and career

ShahAhmadi is a graduate of the University of

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She began her broadcast journalism career in

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as the weekend sports anchor at WTOK-TV. She then made a 100-market jump to

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as the weekend sports anchor at WAPT-TV. She then returned to

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

to work as social media content producer and host for Fox Sports South/Southeast, then in 2018 became the reporter for the Hornets. She also was a CMT correspondent.

Personal life

ShahAhmadi resides in Atlanta with her husband, Tyler, who she married in 2023.

References

External links

Ashley ShahAhmadi's Bio
at ESPN {{DEFAULTSORT:ShahAhmadi, Ashley Living people College football announcers College basketball announcers in the United States Women sports commentators ESPN people