Lindsay Soto
Encyclopedia
Lindsay Soto is an American
sportscaster
, journalist
, and television personality.
in Lake Forest, California
in 1994 and was the sports editor for her high school yearbook.
She began working at FSN West full-time in January 2003. Past assignments include: sideline reporter for USC/UCLA football, Los Angeles Avengers, and Los Angeles Sparks telecasts; host for Southern California Sports Report, L.A. Times High School Spotlight, and USC Sports Magazine Show, among many other programs.
As of 2007, Soto appears in a variety of roles on FSN West / FSN Prime Ticket. She co-hosts the High School Spotlight with Sean Farnham, and serves as the host of FSN Prime Ticket's coverage of the High School Game of the Week. She also co-hosted the USC Press Conference Show with, and Trojans Live pre- and post-game coverage of USC vs. Idaho and USC vs. UCLA. She occasionally serves as a sideline reporter during FSN broadcasts of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Soto served as a sportsdesk reporter for NBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as a reporter for The NHL on Versus and College Football on Versus.
Lindsay Soto joined NFL Network
in the Fall of 2008 as an anchor on NFL Total Access, a reporter for NFL Network Now and a field and in-studio reporter for NFL GameDay Morning.
Nominations
United States
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sportscaster
Sportscaster
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
, journalist
Journalist
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, and television personality.
Broadcasting career
Lindsay Overman-Soto is a television sports journalist and producer who graduated from El Toro High SchoolEl Toro High School
El Toro High School is a public high school in Lake Forest, California, United States and is one of five high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District . The school has served the area since 1973. The current principal of the school is Dr...
in Lake Forest, California
Lake Forest, California
Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 77,264 at the 2010 census.Lake Forest incorporated as a city on December 20, 1991. Prior to a vote of the residents in that year, the community had formerly been known as El Toro since the 1880s...
in 1994 and was the sports editor for her high school yearbook.
Early life and career
She graduated from the University of Southern California in 1998 and interned both at the USC Athletic Department and later at Fox Sports Net while attending college majoring in broadcast journalism. Her first job was at an ABC affiliate in Yakima, Washington doing weekend sports and weekday news reporting. Soto later moved to KKFX, a Fox affiliate in Santa Barbara, California where she worked as a weekday sports anchor.She began working at FSN West full-time in January 2003. Past assignments include: sideline reporter for USC/UCLA football, Los Angeles Avengers, and Los Angeles Sparks telecasts; host for Southern California Sports Report, L.A. Times High School Spotlight, and USC Sports Magazine Show, among many other programs.
As of 2007, Soto appears in a variety of roles on FSN West / FSN Prime Ticket. She co-hosts the High School Spotlight with Sean Farnham, and serves as the host of FSN Prime Ticket's coverage of the High School Game of the Week. She also co-hosted the USC Press Conference Show with, and Trojans Live pre- and post-game coverage of USC vs. Idaho and USC vs. UCLA. She occasionally serves as a sideline reporter during FSN broadcasts of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Soto served as a sportsdesk reporter for NBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as a reporter for The NHL on Versus and College Football on Versus.
Lindsay Soto joined NFL Network
NFL Network
NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...
in the Fall of 2008 as an anchor on NFL Total Access, a reporter for NFL Network Now and a field and in-studio reporter for NFL GameDay Morning.
Awards
Wins- Los Angeles area Emmy Award: Best Sports Reporting (2005).
- American Women in Radio and Television: GENII Award, Excellence in Sports Reporting Award (2010).
Nominations
- Los Angeles area Emmy Award: Best Sports Feature, The Michael Rivas Story (2005).