Where are they now - Sarah Olle

CLASS OF 2008

Sarah started at Loreto Toorak in Year 7. She met some of her closest friends through sport in that first term, including Gab Coles in the Softball team and Frankie Cox in the Cricket team (they were the only Year 7s in a Year 7-12 team!). PAF was always such a thrill and Sarah went on to be Captain of Ward in Year 12, as well as a Prefect, Softball Captain and House Debating Captain. Year 12 was a highlight, the entire cohort came together and were friends. She will never forget Ms McCarty’s Year 12 politics class - as far as teachers and curriculums go, that class will never be forgotten. Sarah still has a tight circle of Loreto Toorak friends and in her words that’s a testament to the school and the girls they send out into the world.

After school Sarah spent five and a half years completing a Law/Arts Degree at Monash University. She loved the Arts component, loathed the Law component, but completed it nonetheless. After taking some time off to travel she enrolled in RMIT’s post-graduate journalism course, one of the best decisions of her life. Her parents didn’t agree initially, believing “You’ve got a law degree, you can do whatever you want.” Not true - Sarah managed to get her first job as an AFL journalist at foxsports.com.au.

Since then, Sarah has had a career in the AFL, as a sports journalist, producer and broadcaster. She has hosted shows on Fox Footy and has filled in as host on Triple M’s Dead Set Legends. She’s worked on AFL and AFLW Grand Finals, the Australian Open and the 2016 Olympics, and been a boundary rider for Fox Footy in the AFLW and Triple M in the AFL. Right now, Sarah has landed a gig at Fox Sports News as a sports reporter.

A career highlight was working on this year’s AFLW Grand Final, it was incredible. Sarah is the biggest advocate for the women’s game and it was a genuine honour to be at the Adelaide Oval for Fox Footy to watch Brisbane win their inaugural flag. Working on AFL Grand Finals for foxfooty.com. au and going into the winning rooms afterwards are ‘pinch yourself’ moments. It hasn’t all been sunshine and lollipops though. COVID hit Sarah’s industry hard and in 2020 she had to navigate life - at times - unemployed. Sarah is proud of the way she got through that.

Sarah still enjoys watching a lot of footy and is slightly obsessed! She would love to host footy games in the future. Although it seems every man and his dog has a podcast, Sarah would also like to get involved in that space, and to eventually enjoy the European sojourn she had booked for 2020 - a gal can dream!