Edward Aschoff Profession, Family, WNet Worth, Metrics

Edward Aschoff was an American sports reporter for ESPN and the Gainesville Sun. Since 2011, he worked for the sports channel until his death on December 24, 2019. In addition, he died on his thirty-fourth birthday due to a complication of pneumonia, “hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis”.

Additionally, in his memory, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Oxford, Mississippi proclaimed January 18, 2020 as Edward Aschoff Day. Also, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication established the “Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund”. It aims to provide support to students involved in sports journalism. As well as the Southeastern Conference created a communications internship in honor of Aschoff. Let’s keep scrolling to know more about its details.

EDWARD ASCHOFF: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

The presenter was born on December 24, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. He did not provide information about his family or siblings. It is reported that he grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, Aschoff joined the University of Florida. From college, he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2008. In his senior years in 2007, he covered Florida Gators football, basketball, and baseball for The Gainesville Sun. until 2011.

In 2011, he joined ESPN as an SEC reporter and he quickly grew in popularity and was called a “rising star”. Subsequently, his ESPN role expanded to appear on television and radio, including SportsCenter, SEC Network and ESPN Radio. In addition, he also worked as a television and radio reporter during college football games.

Additionally, Aschoff has twice won first place from the Football Writers Association of America for his writing: in 2016, for an article about African-American college footballers facing racism and profiling. Second in 2018, for a column on former Florida football coach Jim McElwain.

EDWARD ASCHOFF: PERSONAL LIFE AND GIRLFRIEND

Talking about his personal life, he was not single at the time of his death. In fact, he was engaged to his longtime girlfriend Katy Berteau who he dated for five years. On December 19, 2018, Katy got down on her knees and proposed to Edward to marry her. Additionally, she also posted photos from the event on their social media sites with a long caption. The couple planned to get married in April 2020, however, due to her death, the marriage came to a halt.

Death and illness:

The young reporter left the world on December 24, 2019, which also happened on his thirty-fourth birthday. He died of pneumonia which later underlay undiagnosed stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. After his death, his colleagues remember him as one of the most intelligent and brilliant journalists with whom they had the pleasure of working, and so on.

EDWARD ASCHOFF: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about his income, he had earned a considerable sum from his career as a sportscaster. However, there is no specific information about his salary or income. According to reports, his net worth was estimated at over $800,000 at the time of his death.

There is an unverified Instagram account under his name which has over 3.9k followers. On Twitter, he has a verified Twitter account @AschoffESPN with 30.7k followers.

EDWARD ASCHOFF: BODY MEASUREMENTS

He had a perfect body which stood at a height of 5 feet 10 inches or 1.78 meters and weighed 75 kg. Other than that, there is no information about his body measurements of chest, waist, or biceps. He had dark brown eye color and black hair color.