Get to know Katie Storm, the Wild's pregame and postgame host
Katie Storm is a primary pregame and postgame host for Minnesota Wild telecasts alongside Wes Walz. She also hosts Minnesota Twins pregame and postgame coverage and previously worked for the Flyers and Bally Sports North. She was known as Katie Emmer until 2021 and grew up in Delano, Minnesota.
Katie Storm shares Minnesota Wild pre- and postgame hosting duties with Wes Walz and also fronts Twins pre- and postgame coverage. Before adopting her married surname in 2021, she was known as Katie Emmer. Raised in Delano, Minnesota, she was the lone daughter among six brothers, all of whom played hockey; her father, Tom Emmer, also played college hockey.
She studied mass communications at St. Cloud State, graduating in 2018, and worked as a studio host and rink-side reporter there. Her earlier stops included FOX Sports North, NBC Sports Philadelphia for Flyers coverage, and Bally Sports North. In 2018 she received the Jim Nantz Award as the nation’s top college sportscaster.
Coverage of Katie Storm’s path may resonate with Minnesota hockey and baseball audiences who see her regularly on Wild and Twins broadcasts. It could also offer a visible example for aspiring sports broadcasters, especially women seeking on-camera roles, by highlighting varied stops and a local background. Fans interested in media careers may find her transition from college productions to professional coverage instructive, though the story’s broader societal effect is likely modest and largely confined to sports-media circles.