Paul Sunderland

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Sunderland
Occupation	Sportscaster
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1952(1952-03-29)
Age	72
Birthplace	Sherman Oaks
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Pisces

Paul Sunderland Biography

Paul Sunderland is one of the most popular and richest Sportscaster who was born on March 29, 1952 in Sherman Oaks, California, United States. The renowned sportscaster is best known for his coverage on USA Volleyball and Los Angeles Lakers games. He was a former player who was awarded an Olympic gold medal when he was an athlete on the USA Olympic volleyball team in 1984.

He was a substitute to famous Lakers radio broadcaster He filled in for legendary Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn during Hearn’s 2002 medical leave of absence and eventually became the team’s full-time play-by-play man. in the course of Hearn’s Medical leave. He later became the team’s full-time play-by play man.

Sunderland grew up in Sherman Oaks, in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. He attended Notre Dame High School, graduating in 1971. Sunderland played basketball and football at Notre Dame, and was a San Fernando Valley League All-League selection as both a wide receiver in football and as a forward in basketball. He started playing volleyball on the beach during his high school years, and states he had an immediate love for the game. He was recruited to the University of Oregon on a basketball scholarship. Between his freshman and sophomore college seasons he began playing a great deal of beach volleyball, and he joined the University of Oregon’s USVBA club team during his sophomore year. Sunderland states he set a goal to play on the US National Men’s Volleyball Team. Following his sophomore year he transferred to Loyola Marymount so he could play basketball and volleyball. Sunderland developed into one of Loyola’s top volleyball players, earning All-America honors.

Sunderland earned All-America honors while at Loyola Marymount in 1975. He won USVBA Player of the Year awards at the national “Open” tournament in 1977, 1979 and 1982. In 1986 he was inducted into the USVBA Hall of Fame in Wichita, Kansas. That same year he was also inducted into the Loyola Marymount Hall of Fame.

He has two children along with his wife Maud-Ann.

Paul Sunderland Net Worth

Paul Sunderland is one of the richest Sportscaster from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Sunderland 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He is an Los Angeles native and graduated from Loyola Marymount University.

He was on in 1984 on the United States Olympic volleyball team together with Chris Marlowe, who would later be his partner on the future USA coverage of the sport.

Paul Benedict Sunderland (born March 29, 1952) is an American professional sportscaster who resides in Los Angeles, California. He worked as the indoor volleyball play-by-play announcer for NBC Olympics’ coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has worked for the NBC Sports Group’s Summer Olympics coverage starting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. He is a former collegiate basketball and volleyball player and played on the US National Men’s Volleyball Team. He was a member of the US Men’s volleyball team that won the Gold Medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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From the color commentator spot Sunderland moved on to do play-by-play, and extended into basketball and other sports. He soon took on work with the Clippers and Dodgers for Fox Sports Net. Starting in 1993, Sunderland covered Pac-10 basketball for ESPN. He subsequently was hired by NBC to cover a number of sports, including the NBA, WNBA and a variety of Olympic sports. Sunderland later served as an anchor on the Fox Sports Network.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Sportscaster. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paul Sunderland celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.

Paul Sunderland served as the indoor volleyball play-by-play announcer for NBC Olympics’ coverage at the 2016 Summer Olympics, teaming with Kevin Barnett as analyst. He has worked doing the NBC Sports Group’s summer Olympics coverage since the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Sunderland currently serves as a play-by- play announcer for both volleyball and men’s basketball on ESPN’s Longhorn Network.

Did Paul Sunderland play volleyball?

The personal highlight of his athletic career was being named USA Volleyball player of the year in 1982, and he won gold in Volleyball at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Since that time, Sunderland has built one of the most successful and versatile careers in sports broadcasting.

Is Paul Sunderland Married?

Personal life. Sunderland lives in Southern California with his wife, Maud- Ann. He met his wife at the 1977 World University Games in Bulgaria. Maud- Ann Tesch was a two-time national fencing champion from Sweden.

How old is Paul Sunderland?

70 years (March 29, 1952)

Who are the Olympic volleyball announcers?

Chris Marlowe returns as a beach volleyball play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports Group at the 2016 Olympic Games. Rio marks Marlowe’s seventh Olympic broadcast assignment with NBC Sports.

Where is Chris Marlowe?

Christian “Chris” Marlowe (born September 28, 1951) is an American professional sportscaster who resides in Denver, Colorado.