Laura Rutledge (née McKeeman; born October 2, 1988)
Biography
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.
Rutledge is a graduate of the University of Florida, having majored in broadcast journalism.
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.
Sports journalist
Rutledge worked for Fox Sports as a sideline reporter, previously covering Fox broadcasts of Tampa Bay Rays games
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.
In 2014, Rutledge hosted the Coors Light PostGame show on Fox College Football and hosted halftime programming for FSN college football games.
Rutledge also hosted Chargers Insider for the San Diego Chargers in 2013 and SD Live. She was 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.
Personal life
She attended Celebration High School in Celebration, Florida. She married
Josh Rutledge, a professional baseball player, in 2013. On October 2, 2019, Rutledge gave birth to a daughter, Reese Katherine Rutledge, and revealed that she and her daughter share the same birthday.
On May 25, 2023, Rutledge gave birth to their second child and first son, Jack Alexander Rutledge.
They live in a log cabin in suburban
Connecticut that was purchased for $1.1M in 2021.
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