Alumna Kate Fagan to give CU's spring commencement address
ESPNÌýwriter and Department of Communication alumna Kate Fagan will give the address on Friday, May 12, at Folsom Field.
Fagan joined ESPN in 2012 and has been a columnist and feature writer for espnW, whose stories have also appeared on ESPN.com andÌýESPN The Magazine. She is a regular panelist onÌýESPN’s Around the Horn,Ìýcontributes toÌýThe Sports Reporters, First TakeÌýand other shows.
Fagan has written several in-depth profiles that have generated media and social buzz, including anÌýESPN The MagazineÌýstory onÌý, a breaking-news interview with Derrick Gordon, theÌýÌýin NCAA Division I men’s basketball and a poignant look atÌý, a University of Pennsylvania track and field athlete who died by suicide.
Previously, Fagan spent three seasons covering the Philadelphia 76ers for theÌýPhiladelphia Inquirer.ÌýPrior to that, she was also a sports writer forÌýThe Glen Falls Post-StarÌýand the sports editor ofÌýThe Ellensburg Daily Record.
Fagan graduated from the University of ColoradoÌýBoulderÌýand played on the .