Education
University of New South Wales.
University of New South Wales.
A correspondent for American Ninja Warrior, Sun also hosted "Yahoo Sports Minute", and anchors Court Reports on The Tennis Channel. Born and raised in Northern California, Sun is an alumna of University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned degrees in Sociology and Communications. In high school and college, Sun competed in pro-am surf events and was a team rider for Loaded Boards.
Sun"s action sports background led to hosting for EXTV, LG Action Sports Championships and Association of Software Professionals Surfing World Tour.
She was sponsored by Roxy, Reef, Oakley, Billabong, Rip Curl, and Vans. television hosting
In 2003, Sun was hired as correspondent for Fox Sports Net"s 54321.
She went on to report for FSN West"s Dig! Volleyball Magazine show. In 2008, Sun joined the luxury lifestyle news magazine LXTV First Look, airing nationally on National Broadcasting Company. In addition to LXTV, Sun hosted the show InnerView as well as Music Television Iggy on the newly launched global channel of Music Television networks.
In 2009, Sun became an anchor for "The Court Report" on The Tennis Channel.
Sun hosted "The Yahoo Sports Minute", which she took over from former host Ashley Russell, and covered the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver for Yahoo! Sports. Sun joined co-hosts Matt Iseman and Olympic Gold medalist Jonny Moseley for the fourth season of American Ninja Warrior on G4TV and National Broadcasting Company for summer 2012. She was the first Asian American female on-camera personality to appear on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Fox Sports, Tennis Channel, and Yahoo Sports.
On July 18, 2014 Sun hosted Yahoo Sports for the final time.
After that there was a final message for Sun Editor’s Note: "The Yahoo Sports team would like to cordially thank Angela Sun for hosting the Yahoo Sports Minute for the last four and a half years. Thanks for helping make the Yahoo Sports Minute the #1 online sports show, Sunny Angela."
Acting work
Directing and Producing
Sun directed and produced her first feature-length documentary, Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, examining the plastic pollution in the oceans and its effects on the environment, marine life, and ultimately humans.
The Great Pacific garbage patch is a huge collection of trash trapped in a gyre in the Pacific Ocean. lieutenant was discovered by Charles J. Moore in 1997 and most recently explored by Algalita/5 Gyres and Sea Education Association expeditions.
Sun speaks English, Spanish, and some German and Mandarin.
She has traveled to over 40 countries and studied abroad in Australia at the University of New South Wales. She is a contributing travel writer for wandermelon.com.