Will Selva
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Veteran sports anchor, Will Selva, joined ESPN in August 2007. During his time with the Sports Network he has anchored a number of the network's premiere shows including SportsCenter, SportsCenter America, NBA FastBreak, College Football Live, ESPN News and ESPN 2's First Take. Selva also anchored coverage of UEFA Euro 2008 on ESPN2.
Prior to working at ESPN Selva served as a sports anchor and reporter for CNN in Atlanta, where he could be seen every weekday morning on Morning Express with Robin Meade (formerly Robin & Company). He also traveled to cover major sporting events including the World Series, Kentucky Derby and Super Bowl for CNN and it's affiliate stations.
Prior to his work at CNN, Selva was the sports director for KXTV in Sacramento, California, and a sports anchor/reporter for KRON-TV Bay Area.
. He obtained a degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Telecommunications
at Arizona State University
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Prior to working at ESPN Selva served as a sports anchor and reporter for CNN in Atlanta, where he could be seen every weekday morning on Morning Express with Robin Meade (formerly Robin & Company). He also traveled to cover major sporting events including the World Series, Kentucky Derby and Super Bowl for CNN and it's affiliate stations.
Prior to his work at CNN, Selva was the sports director for KXTV in Sacramento, California, and a sports anchor/reporter for KRON-TV Bay Area.
Background
Selva was raised in San Francisco, where he graduated from St. Ignatius College PreparatorySt. Ignatius College Preparatory
St. Ignatius College Preparatory is a preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1855. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, in the Sunset District of San Francisco, St. Ignatius is one of the oldest secondary schools in the U.S. state...
. He obtained a degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Telecommunications
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
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Career
- Weekday sports presenter at ABC affiliate KXTVKXTVKXTV, channel 10, is an ABC affiliate television station in Sacramento, California. It is owned and operated by the Gannett Company. Its transmitter tower is located in Walnut Grove, California, and studios are located on Broadway, just south of Business Loop 80 at the south edge of downtown...
, Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. - Sports reporter at KRON, San Francisco
- Co-hosted the Sunday Chronicle and Examiners Sports Show for three years and San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
Chalk Talk for one year on KRON's cable affiliate, BAY-TV.