Kelsey Wingert

Kelsey Wingert is an American journalist who reported on the Atlanta Braves[1] and other teams that Bally Sports South covers.[2] Now she covers the Colorado Rockies for AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain. In the offseason, she does studio cut-ins for NBA and NHL games and does sideline reporting for Atlantic Coast Conference football games.[3]

Kelsey Wingert
Wingert in 2019
Alma materLouisiana State University
OccupationSideline reporter, journalist

Early life and college

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

Prior to working for Fox Sports South in 2016, she worked at KALB-TV in Alexandria, Louisiana.[2] 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 removed from Braves coverage before the 2020 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]

Between covering the Braves and the Rockies, She hosted Farm to Fame with former MLB pitcher Peter Moylan, a podcast about baseball prospects on Jomboy Media.

References
  1. "Braves players rescued from stranded elevator". ajc.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. Andrew Alexander. "How this young LSU grad has made a name for herself in the national sports scene". 225batonrouge.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. "Fox Sports Announces ACC Football Broadcast Teams". Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. "Kelsey Wingert's Volleyball Stats". maxpreps.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. "'225': Meet Fox Sports host Kelsey Wingert". businessreport.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  6. "LSU Graduate Works Dream Job as Fox Sports South Reporter in Atlanta". lsu.edu/mediacenter. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. "Braves TV Reporter hit by foul ball, Her Eye Socket Broken". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  8. "Braves TV reporter injured by foul ball Friday". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  9. Chandler Rome. "MLB sideline reporters fearful after foul ball hits Braves' Kelsey Wingert". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. Tim Tucker. "A change on Braves Telecasts: Kelsey Wingert being replace". ajc.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  11. Tim Tucker. "Former Cubs broadcaster named to replace Kelsey Wingert on Braves TV". ajc.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  12. Tim Tucker. "Kelsey Wingert, formerly on Braves telecasts, lands new job". ajc.com. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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