Kelli Stavast

Journalist in Las Vegas, Nevada

Kelli Stavast is a veteran American sports broadcaster and journalist. A 2002 graduate of Chapman University, she built her career covering motorsports, the Olympics, and just about every assignment in between. Between 2015 and 2021, she served as a pit reporter for NBC Sports' NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, as well as the IndyCar Series. The network also sent her to three Olympic Games. She covered diving at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and at the Tokyo Games in 2021, freestyle skiing at the PyeongChang Olympics in 2018. She lives in Las Vegas with her husband, Gavin Ernstone, and chairs a major local fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.