Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born |
Laura McKeeman October 2, 1988 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
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Education | University of Florida |
Title(s) | Miss Florida 2012 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss America 2013 |
Spouse | Josh Rutledge (m. 2013) |
Laura Rutledge (née McKeeman; born October 2, 1988) is a reporter and host for CNN International, ESPN and the SEC Network. She is an American beauty pageant titleholder from St. Petersburg, Florida, who was named Miss Florida 2012.
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.
Rutledge worked for Fox Sports as a sideline reporter, previously covering Fox broadcasts of Tampa Bay Rays games and now covering San Diego Padres games. She also provided on-field reporting for the Fox College Sports coverage of the NCPA's 2012 National Paintball Championship at 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 is the producer and host of SDLive, an original show she started at Fox Sports San Diego.
She married Josh Rutledge, a professional baseball player, in 2013. She attended Celebration High School in Celebration, FL.