 Gold-Onwude atGainbridge Fieldhouse in 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1987-04-28)April 28, 1987 (age 37) Queens, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Archbishop Molloy (Queens, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Stanford (2005–2010) | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
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Rosalyn Fatima Gold-Onwude (/ɒnˈwʊdi/; born April 28, 1987) is an American-Nigerian sports broadcaster. A native of New York City, Gold-Onwude playedcollege basketball atStanford and played on theNigeria national team.
Gold-Onwude covers NBA basketball onESPN's TV, digital, and radio platforms and is a fill-in host ofFirst Take withStephen A. Smith each week. Since 2012 Gold-Onwude has covered March Madness, the NCAA tournament and Pac-12 Men's and Women's college hoops in both the analyst and reporter role forPac-12 Networks. Most recently Gold-Onwude has joined forces withKevin Durant's andRich Kleiman's 35 Ventures as one of the faces of "The Boardroom". Gold-Onwude was also the host of a sports debate show called "Don't at Me" presented byThe Players' Tribune and streaming liveTwitter.
Gold-Onwude was born inQueens, New York City, to Russian-Jewish mother Pat Gold and Nigerian father Austin Onwude.[1][2] She played high school basketball at Archbishop Molloy High School inBriarwood, New York. The team won two state titles in 2003 and 2004, but a knee injury finished her senior season early. Despite the injury, she graduated from Molloy as a highly decorated player and became the first female athlete in the program's history to play Division I basketball after accepting a scholarship to Stanford University.[3] Gold-Onwude became Molloy's second all-time leading scorer and the all-time leader in steals and assists despite another knee injury. In 2011, Gold-Onwude became the first Molloy alumna to be inducted into the GCHSAA Hall of Fame.[3]
Gold-Onwude played basketball while earning her bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in sociology at Stanford University.[2]
As a member of the Stanford women's basketball team from 2005 to 2010, Gold-Onwude played in three Final Fours and two national championship games helping the Cardinal win four conference titles, as starting guard.[2] In her final season she was named the 2010 Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, ending her Stanford career as the school's all-time leader in games played.[4]
Gold-Onwude represented theNigeria women's national team at the2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women where she averaged 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2 assists.[5][6]
From 2017 to 2019, Gold-Onwude worked forTurner Sports in her first national role, covering the NBA regular season, playoffs, All Star Weekend and NBA Summer League games forTNT andNBATV. Before joining Turner Sports, Gold-Onwude served as the sideline reporter for theGolden State Warriors onNBC Sports Bay Area, covering the Warriors' run to three straightNBA Finals and two championships from 2014 to 2017. Gold-Onwude was the color commentator for the WNBA'sNY Liberty from 2011 to 2017 forMSG Networks. Additionally, she joined NBC's coverage of the2016 Rio Olympics as a sideline reporter for Men's Basketball. Gold-Onwude has worked as an analyst for the NBA on ESPN Radio since 2022.[7] In 2023, during International Women's Day, she was a guest analyst for an NBA game onESPN.[8]
Gold-Onwude has spoken out about her passion for mentoring young girls, raising awareness for mental health issues and empowering women in business.[9] She has participated in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders Program and NBA Africa Game.[9] In December 2018 she returned to Nigeria to work with the Hope 4 Girls Camp, a girls only basketball camp.[citation needed]
