SUMMER SANDERS Reporter

Summer Sanders joins the USA Sports broadcast team in 2001 for USA's live, exclusive coverage of the US Open Tennis Championships. The Olympic gold medal-winning broadcaster will serve as a field reporter during USA's 92 hours of US Open coverage.

Sanders currently co-hosts the NBA/WNBA show NBA "Inside Stuff" along with Ahmad Rashaad, and also hosts Nickelodeon Network's kid/family game show "Figure It Out." Sanders also hosted MTV's "Sandblast," and did swimming commentary for NBC during the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta. She also worked as "The Today Show" special correspondent and for MSNBC's "Scholastic at the Olympic Games" during the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney. She continues her work on "The Today Show" as a human interest contributor, and will work for NBC Sports at the 2004 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

Sanders' athletic resume includes two golds, one silver, and one bronze medal from the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona. Sanders, who also won six individual NCAA championships, won gold medals in the 200M Butterfly and 4x100M Medley Relay. She garnered a silver medal in the 200M Individual Medley and a bronze medal in the 400M Individual Medley. Sanders is one of a handful of American women swimmers to qualify for four individual Olympic swimming events.

Sanders was born on October 13, 1972 in Roseville, California and attended Stanford. Sanders is an ardent supporter of Olympic Aid, and appeared in the blockbuster movie "Jerry Maguire." She is the author of a parenting book entitled "Champions Are Raised Not Born." She currently resides in New York City.