Tamara Jolee is a 2009 Texas AP Broadcasters award-winning sports journalist.

She's the host of "The Show," a regionally-syndicated sports program that airs across Texas and Louisiana in almost a dozen markets. During football season, you can find her live on location each week, hosting "Friday Football Fever," along with studio host and sports director, Danny Elzner.

Jolee joined the KETK and Fox News East Texas team in Dec. 2007 as a general assignments reporter and later assumed the role as weekend morning show anchor. Currently, she splits time between news and sports, covering general assignments and other news during the week.

Jolee has worked in the sports arena since graduating college at Texas Tech. Before getting in front of the camera, she taught college and professional athletes how to speak with reporters as a sports publicist. In six years, she worked in five states and lived in Europe. More than 50 of her former athletes play in the NFL, NBA, WNBA and MLB. She also worked with national sports networks like Fox Sports, ESPN and CBS Sports. She's written and published a dozen media guides and she's had several sports articles published in various magazines.

The early years...

Jolee grew up in Midlothian, Texas, a town 30 miles south of Dallas. A former four-sport athlete, she earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in English from Texas Tech University.

Jolee says her relationship with Jesus Christ is her first passion in life. In her spare time, she travels a lot and has visited 15 countries worldwide, naming Cuba, Ireland and Switzerland as her favorites.

Jolee's also involved with world-ministries and says doing outreach work is one of her favorite things in life.

Questions, comments? She loves to hear from you!! Email her at tamara.jolee@fox51.com.