Erin Hawksworth is a Canadian

Canada

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 reporter, who works for KCPQ

KCPQ

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, the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate in Seattle. Previously, she worked for WFXT

WFXT

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, the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate in Boston

Boston

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, WFAA in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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 and KJCT

KJCT

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 in Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Colorado

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, Colorado

Colorado

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. She also worked for NBC

NBC

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, covering the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in Athens, Greece, and was an intern

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 in the sports department at KPNX

KPNX

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 in Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

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, Arizona

Arizona

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Personal

Erin was born in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, but grew up in Sammamish, Washington

Sammamish, Washington

-Surrounding cities and communities:-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 34,104 people, 11,131 households, and 9,650 families residing in the city. In 2007, the population is expected to pass 40,000....

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Her younger brother Blake

Blake Hawksworth

Blake Edward Hawksworth is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 6' 3" and weighs 195 pounds.-Career:...

 is a pitcher

Pitcher

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 in the Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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 organization. Her grandfather

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 Jack Poole

Jack Poole

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, was the Chairman of the Vancouver Organizing Committee Board of Directors for the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

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Education

Erin graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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 at Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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 with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree

Academic degree

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 in Journalism

Journalism

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 and Mass Communication. She attended both Skyline High School

Skyline High School (Sammamish, Washington)

Skyline High School is a public high school in the Issaquah School District of King County, Washington.-Overview:Skyline is the district's third and newest high school, opening in the fall of 1997. Its campus straddles the apex of the Sammamish Plateau in the city of Sammamish, at an approximate...

 and Eastlake High School

Eastlake High School (Sammamish, Washington)

Eastlake High School is a public high school located in Sammamish, Washington in the United States. The school serves students in grades 10-12 as part of the Lake Washington School District...

 in Sammamish.

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