Kelsey Wingert
Kelsey Wingert | |
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 Wingert in 2019 | |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation(s) | Sideline reporter, journalist |
| Employer | MLB.tv |
Kelsey Wingert covers the Colorado Rockies for MLB.tv during the baseball season. Prior to working for the Rockies, she reported on the Atlanta Braves[1] and other teams covered by Bally Sports South and did studio cut-ins for NBA and NHL games as well as sideline reporting for Atlantic Coast Conference football games during the baseball offseason.[2][3]
Early life and college
[edit]Wingert grew up in Sugar Land, Texas. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Fort Bend County, Texas, where she played volleyball.[4] She is a graduate of Louisiana State University class of 2014, where she played intramural volleyball and was a member of the Sigma chapter of Delta Zeta.[5] She picked LSU because of the TV broadcast department.[6]
Career
[edit]Prior to working for Fox Sports South in 2016, she worked at KALB-TV in Alexandria, Louisiana.[3] She suffered a broken eye socket in a game in 2018 after getting hit with a foul ball hit by Odubel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies,[7][8][9] but was able to return a few days later. Wingert was not renewed for her job covering the Braves after the 2019 season.[10] She was replaced by Kelly Crull.[11] In 2022, she was hired by AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain to cover the Rockies.[12] A month into her job with AT&T Sportsnet, she was hit in the forehead by a foul ball struck at 95 MPH.[13][14]
Wingert also hosted Farm to Fame, a podcast about baseball prospects carried on Jomboy Media, together with former MLB pitcher Peter Moylan.
Personal life
[edit]Less than three weeks after being hit by the foul ball, she married Casey Linch on June 4, 2022.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Braves players rescued from stranded elevator". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Fox Sports Announces ACC Football Broadcast Teams". 15 July 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ a b Andrew Alexander (31 August 2017). "How this young LSU grad has made a name for herself in the national sports scene". 225batonrouge.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Kelsey Wingert's Volleyball Stats". maxpreps.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "'225': Meet Fox Sports host Kelsey Wingert". businessreport.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "LSU Graduate Works Dream Job as Fox Sports South Reporter in Atlanta". lsu.edu/mediacenter. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Braves TV Reporter hit by foul ball, Her Eye Socket Broken". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Braves TV reporter injured by foul ball Friday". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Chandler Rome. "MLB sideline reporters fearful after foul ball hits Braves' Kelsey Wingert". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Tim Tucker. "A change on Braves Telecasts: Kelsey Wingert being replaced". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ Tim Tucker. "Former Cubs broadcaster named to replace Kelsey Wingert on Braves TV". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Tim Tucker. "Kelsey Wingert, formerly on Braves telecasts, lands new job". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Will Petersen (17 May 2022). "Rockies reporter Kelsey Wingert "doing well" after being struck by foul ball". denverfan.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Former Braves reporter hit in the head by 95 mph line drive during Rockies game". 19 May 2022.
- ^ Meredith Nardino (6 June 2022). "MLB Reporter Kelsey Wingert Marries Casey Linch Following Foul Ball Injury: 'Best Day of Our Lives'". usmagazine.com. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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