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{{Short description|American beauty pageant contestant}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox sports announcer
| name          = Guerin Austin
| image         = Guerin Austin headshot.png
| image_size    = 150px
| caption       = Austin in 2004
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1980|11|30}}
| birth_place   = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S.
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| height        = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| alma_mater    = [[Oklahoma City University]]
| years_active  = 
| team          = [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Boston Bruins]]
| genre         = [[Sideline reporter]]
| sport         = [[Major League Baseball]]
| employer      = [[New England Sports Network]] (2014–2020)
| title         = [[Miss Nebraska USA]] 2004
}}
'''Guerin Elizabeth Austin'''<ref name=GBPG>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31448160/st_marys_nursing_school_alumni_meet/ |title=St. Mary's nursing school alumni meet after 50 years |first=Dian |last=Page |newspaper=[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]] |location=[[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] |page=D-6 |date=August 15, 2003 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛər|ɪ|n}} {{respell|GAIR|in}}; born November 30, 1980) is a television host, model and  beauty queen from [[Bellevue, Nebraska]], who has competed in the [[Miss USA]] pageant. From 2014 through 2020, she was a sideline reporter for [[New England Sports Network]] (NESN), best known for her work at [[Boston Red Sox]] games.

==Biography==
Austin grew up in [[Seattle, Washington]], in what she called a "hockey family," and [[figure skating|figure skated]] as a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.capitals.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=105009|title=3-25-11 CRL Elliot's Take on Guerin Video - NHL VideoCenter - Washington Capitals|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref> Her [[given name]] was her grandmother's [[maiden name]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=guerinaustin |number=1134608655637274624 |title=Family name, my grandmother's maiden name. |date=May 31, 2019 |accessdate=May 31, 2019}}</ref> Austin graduated ''cum laude'' with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from [[Oklahoma City University]].  She was a [[Page of the United States House of Representatives|Congressional intern]] for Representative [[Lee Terry]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanbros.com/nebraska/guerin_bio.html |title=Guerin Austin Bio |website=vanbros.com |date=2004 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040831190728/http://www.vanbros.com/nebraska/guerin_bio.html |archive-date=August 31, 2004 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> received an award from the Oklahoma Broadcaster's Association, and studied international media in London.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Austin won the [[Miss Nebraska USA]] 2004 title in a state pageant held in October 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bellevue woman is pageant winner|first=Betsie|last=Freeman|date=2003-11-12|publisher=Omaha World-Herald|page=2b}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31448333/nebraska_royalty/ |title=Nebraska royalty |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Sioux City Journal]] |location=[[Sioux City, Iowa]] |page=A4 |date=October 6, 2003 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> During her reign, she spoke to thousands of school children and toured the [[USS Nebraska (SSBN-739)|USS ''Nebraska'']] submarine and [[Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton|Camp Pendleton]]. It was her second attempt at the title, as she placed as a semi-finalist in the 2002 event.<ref name=GBPG/> Austin represented Nebraska in the [[Miss USA 2004]] pageant, but failed to place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/missusamagici/MU2004Delegates.html |title=Miss USA 2004 Delegates |website=Miss USA Magic |date=2004 |accessdate=January 26, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041106101058/http://www.geocities.com/missusamagici/MU2004Delegates.html |archive-date=November 6, 2004 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

Austin began her broadcasting career{{when|date=February 2019}} as a sports intern for [[KETV]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], covering [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football]] and [[Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} In 2012, she won a [[National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards|Capital Emmy]] award for a documentary of the [[Washington Capitals]] season which she hosted.<ref>[http://capitalemmys.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2012-Emmy-Awardees.pdf 2012 Emmy awardees] capitalemmys.wpengine.com {{dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nba.com/wizards/monumental-teams-combine-win-three-emmy-awards|title=Monumental Teams Combine to Win Three Emmy Awards|date=July 18, 2012|newspaper=NBA.com}}</ref>  She worked as host of the ''Capitals Red Line'' program between 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=516357#&navid=WSH-search|title=Capitals Red Line Debuts Second Season Feb. 15 on Comcast SportsNet|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref> and 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=674495#&navid=WSH-search|title=Caps Red Line Wins Third Consecutive Emmy for Best Sports Programming Series|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=719624#&navid=WSH-search|title=Caps Red Line Nominated for Two Emmy Awards|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>

[[New England Sports Network]] (NESN) hired Austin as a reporter in 2014, initially to report rinkside at [[Boston Bruins]] hockey games.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Finn|first=Chad|author-link=Chad Finn|date=September 16, 2014|title=NESN hires Guerin Austin as rinkside Bruins reporter|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/09/15/nesn-hires-guerin-austin-rinkside-bruins-reporter/vKoysQBOYB91MgiaUXEwyK/story.html|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners|url-access=limited}}</ref> She also became the sideline reporter for [[Boston Red Sox]] home games at [[Fenway Park]]. In June 2016, after the Red Sox made an [[extra innings]] comeback against the [[Chicago White Sox]], Austin was caught in the crossfire of the team's exuberant [[Gatorade]] celebration, an incident covered by sportscasters around the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/look-red-sox-walk-off-celebration-goes-poorly-for-sideline-reporter/|title=LOOK: Red Sox walk-off celebration goes poorly for sideline reporter|last=Perry|first=Dayn|date=June 24, 2016|newspaper=CBS Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/mlb/index.ssf/2016/06/red_sox_tv_reporter_gets_soake.html|title=Red Sox TV reporter gets soaked during interview|last=Zacchino|first=Mike|date=June 23, 2016|newspaper=The Oregonian}}</ref> Several similar incidents occurred during her time covering the Red Sox.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=guerinaustin |number=1354104009049698307 |title=The past 6 years have been amazing. Thank you.  |date=January 26, 2021 |accessdate=January 26, 2021}}</ref> During the 2017 season, she suffered a [[concussion]] after fainting on a flight.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31448678/eckersley_says_hes_ready_to_move_on/ |title=Eckersley says he's ready to move on, but is Price? |first=Chad |last=Finn |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=C3 |date=August 4, 2017 |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> After the 2020 baseball season, Austin's contract with NESN expired and was not renewed; Austin confirmed her departure from NESN in January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/media/2021/01/26/guerin-austin-leaving-nesn-red-sox-in-game-reporter |title=Red Sox in-game reporter Guerin Austin is leaving NESN |first=Chad |last=Finn |website=[[Boston.com]] |date=January 26, 2021 |accessdate=January 26, 2021}}</ref><!--UNSOURCED additions will be reverted; please see WP:BLP and provide a reliable source for any additions-->

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUpGC3W3rI4 June 2016 Gatorade soaking] via [[YouTube]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040831190728/http://www.vanbros.com/nebraska/guerin_bio.html Miss Nebraska bio] via [[Wayback Machine]]

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{{succession box
| before=[[Jessica Perea]]
| title=[[Miss Nebraska USA]]
| years=2004
| after=Jana Murrell
}}
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{{Miss USA 2004 delegates}}
{{Nebraska Pageant Winners}}

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