Mike Leslie Bio, Wiki
Mike Leslie is a renowned American sports anchor/reporter working at WFAA-TV Channel 8, the ABC affiliate in Dallas, TX serving as a weekdays sports anchor/reporter. He has been working with this station since April 2015.
Mike Leslie Age
Leslie is 35 years old as of 2023. He was born in Waxahachie Texas, United States of America on the 2nd of September 1987. Accordingly, Mike celebrates his birthday on the 2nd of September every year and his birth sign is Virgo.
Mike Leslie Height
Lawrence stands approximately 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) and weighs around 67 kg.
Mike Leslie Education
For his Education, Mike enrolled in Hofstra University where he graduated and earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Broadcast Journalism in 2010.
Mike Leslie Career
Leslie serves as a reporter/anchor at WFAA in Dallas, TX, specializing in sports. He came to the station as a reporter in the station’s sports department in April 2015. In his position at WFAA, Mike covers a combination of high school, college, and professional teams including the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers, and Dallas Stars. Before joining WFAA, Mike served as an ESPN radio talk show host and play-by-play announcer in Charlotte, NC. He also operated at the market’s Fox television affiliate as a sports reporter and anchor.
His on-air experience contains several markets such as Boston (WHDH and WEEI), Springfield (WGGB), New York (Madison Square Garden Company), and Seattle working in a variety of sports-related roles. Some of Mike’s job highlights include basketball, play-by-play broadcasts of New York area high school football, boys and girls lacrosse as well as softball and baseball games.
While still a college student at Hofstra University in New York, Mike served as a sports director at WRHU radio and produced all aspects of sports broadcasts that circulated on three commercial stations. This includes football, lacrosse as well as the school’s male and female basketball games. He also hosted a weekly sports talk show questioning sports celebrities including Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco, golfer Phil Mickelson, former NFL QB Boomer Esiason, college basketball coaches Bob McKillop and Jay Wright, jockey Kent Desormeaux, and others.
During this time Mike was accountable for the administration and management of a 34-member sports department for two years. His department achieved the distinction as the first collegiate sports department to be honored with the flagship status of a professional sports franchise (New York Islanders, 2010-present).
Mike Leslie’s Net Worth
In Mike’s career as a sports anchor/reporter, he was able to amass a net worth ranging between $1 Million-$ 3 Million.
Mike Leslie Salary
Leslie acquires annual earnings that range between $ 79, 765, and $ 177,765.
Mike Leslie’s Parents and Siblings
Leslie was born and raised by his devoted parents in Waxahachie, Texas, in the United States of America. He is the son of Mr. Wayne Chapple (father) and his wife, Kristen Leslie (mother). He has three young siblings namely a brother called Evan, and two sisters named Emily and Grace.
Mike Leslie Wife
Leslie is married to Erin Moran, a metrologist in North Texas for CBS DFW. The duo exchanged their wedding vows on the 18th of June 2018, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. They currently reside in Dallas, Texas alongside their daughter.
Mike Leslie Kids
He and his wife, Erin are the proud parents of a baby girl named Elena Susan who was born 6th of August, 2021.
Mike Leslie Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Lawrence is vocal on his social media accounts where he posts often. On his Twitter account, he has about 26.8K Followers around 50K followers on his Facebook page, and 3,618 followers on his Instagram account.
Mike Leslie WFAA
Leslie works at WFAA where he works alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Megan Mitchell
- Jobin Panicker
- Kevin Reece
- Mariel Ruiz
- Rebecca Lopez
- Greg Fields
- Susanne Brunner
- Hannah Davis
- Adriana De Alba
- Pete Delkus
- Tanya Eiserer
- Demond Fernandez
- Sean Giggy
- Cleo Greene
- Jesse Hawila
- Matt Howerton
- Cynthia Izaguirre
- Jonah Javad
- Steve”Scoop” Jefferson
- William Joy
- Chris Lawrence