Hannah Storm ’83 is an award-winning journalist, producer, and director, a pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting for women, an advocate for children suffering vascular anomalies, and a published author. 

While a student at Notre Dame in the early 1980s, she worked for WNDU-TV. After graduation, she took a job as a disc jockey at KNCN in Corpus Christi, Texas, then moved up to Houston’s KSRR 97 Rock as the drive-time sportscaster and traffic reporter. She broke into pro sports, hosting the Houston Rockets halftime and postgame shows and the Houston Astros postgame shows on KTXH television.

Storm joined ESPN in 2008 and serves as an anchor for SportsCenter, NFL Live, the Rose Parade, and the New York and Boston Marathons. She is host of the award-winning iHeart podcast NBA DNA with Hannah Storm and director of the award-winning docu-series Grails: When Sneakers Change the Game on Hulu. Storm became the first woman ever to do play-by-play for the NFL for an entire season, which she did for four years on Amazon Prime. In addition, Storm was the first play-by-play voice for the WNBA, on NBC.

Storm has also worked for ABC News and co-hosted The Early Show on CBS, covering major news events and conducting interviews with top newsmakers and entertainers. Prior to that, at NBC Sports, Storm became the first woman in American TV history to act as the main network host of a major league sport, when she hosted NBC’s Major League Baseball coverage, the NBA on NBC, and the Olympic Games. Before that, Storm was the first female host of CNN Sports Tonight.

In 2008 Storm created Brainstormin’ Productions. She has produced, executive produced, and directed award-winning films, series and branded content for ESPN, the SEC Network, ABC Network, Hulu, Epix and iHeart Radio.

Born with a port wine stain underneath her left eye, Storm created the Hannah Storm Foundation to raise awareness and fund surgeries for children suffering from vascular anomalies. And due to a recent breast cancer diagnosis, she has become an advocate for early detection and testing. 

Storm also sits on the boards of the Tribeca Film Festival, Colgate Women’s Sports Awards, and 21st Century Kids 1st Foundation, and has done extensive work with the March of Dimes, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Boys and Girls Club, Special Olympics, the Women’s Sports Foundation, Vascular Birthmark Institute, University of Notre Dame, and the Diocese of Bridgeport.

Storm had provided journalism internships to students at Notre Dame. She is married to Dan Hicks of NBC Sports, who has called Notre Dame football as well as the PGA golf tour. Together, they have three daughters.