Laura Rutledge: Difference between revisions

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'''Laura Rutledge''' ([[Name at birth|née]] '''McKeeman'''; born October 2, 1988)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perleberg |first=Brianne |date=2019-10-29 |title=ESPN's Laura Rutledge On Finding The Story Beneath The Surface |url=https://iwantherjob.com/leading-ladies/laura-rutledge/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=I Want Her Job |language=en-US}}</ref> is aan American reporter and host for [[ESPN]] and the [[SEC Network]]. She is an American [[beauty pageant]] titleholder from [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], who was named [[Miss Florida]] 2012.<ref name="win1:0">{{Cite web |last=McLeod |first=Mark |date=2013-01-22 |title=From Emeralds to Tiaras |url=https://www.emeraldcoastmagazine.com/from-emeralds-to-tiaras/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Emerald Coast Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

She won the title of [[Miss Florida]] on July 7, 2012, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder [[Kristina Janolo]]. Her competition talent was ballet.<ref name="win2:1">{{Cite web |last=Rosenfield |first=Jeff |date=2011-07-22 |title=To Miss St. Petersburg, Beauty Pageants Aren't Everything |url=https://patch.com/florida/stpete/to-miss-st-petersburg-beauty-pageants-arent-everything |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=St. Pete, FL Patch |language=en}}</ref> Rutledge is a graduate of the [[University of Florida]], having majored in broadcast journalism.<ref name="win3:1" /><ref>{{Cite nameweb |title="win4"New Miss Florida Laura McKeeman hopes to blaze trails for women in sports broadcast |url=https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/new-miss-florida-laura-mckeeman-hopes-to-blaze-trails-for-women-in-sports/1241327/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> She was also a member of the [[Zeta Tau Alpha]] sorority. She is currently working for [[ESPN]] and is featured in multiple shows, including the [[SEC Network]]'s college football pre-game show, ''[[SEC Nation]]'', and ''[[NFL Live]]''.

Rutledge worked for [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] as a sideline reporter, previously covering Fox broadcasts of [[Tampa Bay Rays]] games<ref name="win5:0" /> and then [[San Diego Padres]] games. She also provided on-field reporting for the [[Fox College Sports]] coverage of the NCPA's 2012 National Paintball Championship in [[Lakeland, Florida]]. She joined ESPN and the SEC Network in summer 2014.<ref>{{Cite nameweb |last="win6"Volk |first=Pete |date=2014-07-31 |title=Fowler, Tebow among notable ESPN lineup changes |url=https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/7/31/5957155/espn-college-football-announcers-broadcasters-2014 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=SBNation.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Staples |first=Andy |title=Q&A with Laura Rutledge, who pivoted from ballerina to TV star almost by accident |url=https://theathletic.com/3448463/2022/07/26/qa-laura-rutledge-college-football/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>

Rutledge also hosted ''Chargers Insider'' for the [[San Diego Chargers]] in 2013 and ''SD Live''. She iswas the producer and host of ''SDLive'', an original show she started at [[Fox Sports San Diego]].

On May 16, 2017 she was named host of ''SEC Nation'' on the SEC Network.<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Rutledge named SEC Nation host |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/19390131/laura-rutledge-named-sec-nation-host |publisher=SECsports.com}}</ref> On August 17, 2020, she became the host of ESPN's premier NFL show, "''NFL Live''."

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