Kelsey Wingert
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]
Kelsey Wingert | |
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Wingert in 2019 | |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation(s) | Sideline reporter, journalist |
| Employer | MLB.tv |
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.
External links edit
- Kelsey Wingert on Twitter