Claire Atkins is a multimedia sports and news journalist out of LA and NYC. She graduated magna cum laude in 2011 from the University of Southern California where she majored in Broadcast and Digital Journalism and minored in History. She was the first female recipient of 2011 Chick Hearn Memorial Scholarship winner, awarded by the Los Angeles Lakers for excellence in sports broadcasting. She is currently a producer for MLB.com and a producer and editor for NFL.com.