Jen Lada Age, Wikipedia, Bio, Husband, Married, Salary ( ESPN Wiki )

Name Jen Lada

Birthday / Date of Birth / How old is Jen Lada Age January 14, 1981. As of 2025, she is around 44 years old.

Marital Status / Divorce / Husband / Marriage Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Jen Lada is a young reporter for ESPN who is considered a role model for many female sports journalists.

Parents, Family and Early Life Details :

Jen (full name Jennifer Nicole Lada) was born on January 14, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois.
She grew up in the nearby county of Spring Grove, with her parents and three other siblings.
When asked about her childhood, she has said that the best way to describe it is as ‘normal.’ She has also said that after growing up witnessing difficult divorces amongst her friends’ families, that she is very grateful for “normal.”

Jen Lada Married Life & Baby :

Jen met her husband, Sean Reti, while she was attending university. They were both 2002 Marquette University graduates.
They married in July 2006 in a small ceremony only attended by close friends and family.
They have one child together, a son Chase, born in 2009.
After a few years of marriage to Sean, the couple went their separate ways.
Since September 2017, Jen got married a second time, this time to her current husband, Dario Melendez.
With Dario, she got pregnant in early 2016 but lost that baby in June 2016 at 20 weeks. She had another miscarriage in December 2016. Luckily, she got pregnant again and gave birth to her first daughter (with Dario) in February of 2018. A year later, she was pregnant again, and this time, her second daughter arrived in November 2019.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Lada attended the Marian Central Catholic High School, where she was well-known for being a standout on the school’s cross country and track teams.
It was her sporting ability that helped her to secure a partial scholarship to Marquette University, where she eventually graduated with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
During her university years, she worked on their local paper and was also affiliated with a sorority house. She said having the sorority stopped her from getting homesick.

Professional Life : Career, Salary and Net Worth

Jen’s first role after graduating from university was as a reporter for a Fox affiliate in Milwaukee. Although she was a general reporter, she became recognized for her love of the sport.
From there, she landed a role with Comcast SportsNet that allowed her to move back to the Chicago area. In that role, she was responsible for covering the NFL’s Chicago Bears and the MBL’s Chicago White Sox.
She also began appearing sporadically on various ESPN radio programs, particularly alongside Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg.
Her success with the radio work landed her a full-time role with ESPN.
Currently, she works as their lead host and contributor for some of their flagship programs such as Baseball Tonight, College GameDay Built by The Home Depot, Outside the Lines and SC Featured. She has been instrumental in the rise of ESPN’s digital platforms over the last decade.
Lada has been quoted as saying that her role with ESPN now is her dream job. In 2020, she signed a multi-year extension with ESPN, thus cementing her role with the network.
She earned a Sports Emmy for her feature titled “Hilinski’s Hope.”

Trivia and Social Media :

A big sports fan her entire life, Jen often competes in local marathons and triathlons. While training for one in 2011, she broke her clavicle in a way that saw her sitting out from all sports-related events for six months.
In 2017, Jen ran the Chicago Marathon when she was 20 weeks pregnant. Moreover, she also ran the New York City marathon just nine months after having her first daughter.
Jen is incredibly claustrophobic. To this day, she is traumatized by crowded elevators, the back of airplanes, and tiny cabins.
Currently, her Instagram account, @jenlada4, has 35K+ followers, while her Twitter (now called X) account @jenlada has 50,000+ followers. Both her accounts are verified.

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