Erin Andrews's Latest Career Home Run

Erin, whose father Steven is an Emmy-winning journalist, got her start in 2000 as a freelance reporter for Fox Sports Florida after graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in telecommunications.

In 2004, she started working for ESPN as a reporter for National Hockey Night. Soon, she took on sideline reporting duties for both college football and major league baseball. By 2007, she was named "America's Sexiest Sportscaster" by Playboy Magazine.

She had already made a name for herself in the sports world, when a peeping Tom scandal thrust her into the national spotlight in 2009. Footage of Erin naked in a hotel room was released online, and the stalker was later arrested and sentenced to 30 months in prison. Erin told Oprah that she thought her career was over because of the scandal but added, "I also feel it's my duty to come out and show this person, you know what? I worked hard for my career and I — I got there the right way, and you're not gonna break me down."

She did just that in 2010, becoming a contestant on Dancing With the Stars, and while she and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy placed third in the competition, the duo were rumored to have kept their relationship going after the show wrapped.

Erin's star continued to rise as she was snapped attending NY Fashion Week, red carpet movie premieres, the Country Music Awards, and the Kentucky Derby in 2011 and 2012. Her friendships with famous ladies Chrissy Teigen and Brooklyn Decker were also made known.

In January, Erin's post-game interview with Seattle Seahawks player Richard Sherman went viral after Richard went on a rant about opposing player Michael Crabtree. Erin later said of the incident, "I don’t think it was bizarre, I think it was great. I wish more athletes would be like that. We want someone to lose their minds like that. … That’s why it went viral; that’s why people were going bananas over it. You don’t usually see athletes doing that. You see them very composed."

We'll be seeing a lot more of Erin outside of sports, because she's the new cohost of Dancing With the Stars and will take the reigns in season 18. Her new gig came on the heels of former host Brooke Burke's release from the show, of which Brooke said, "I've seen my fair share of shocking eliminations in the ballroom, but this one takes the cake."