Samantha Steele is an American

United States

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 sportscaster

Sportscaster

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 from Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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 who is currently a reporter/host for the Longhorn Network

Longhorn Network

The Longhorn Network is an American regional sports network focusing on sports-related programming for The University of Texas at Austin...

 and ESPN

ESPN

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 college football and basketball sideline reporter.

Biography

Steele attended Liberty University

Liberty University

Liberty University is a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty's annual enrollment is around 72,000 students, 12,000 of whom are residential students and 60,000+ studying through Liberty University Online...

 in Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 75,568 as of 2010. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or "The Hill City." Lynchburg was the only major city in...

, where she worked as a sideline reporter during Liberty's football, men's basketball and women's basketball television broadcasts. After graduating in 2009, she worked for Fox Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

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 and Fox College Sports

Fox College Sports

Fox College Sports is a group of three United States digital cable networks, FCS Atlantic, FCS Central and FCS Pacific owned by News Corporation, that specialize primarily in showing collegiate programming, live events, coaches shows & various DI, DII, & DIII content surrounding college athletics...

 as a sideline reporter for Pac-10 and Big 12 college basketball and football games. On July 7, 2011, ESPN's

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

 Longhorn Network

Longhorn Network

The Longhorn Network is an American regional sports network focusing on sports-related programming for The University of Texas at Austin...

 announced that they had hired Steele as a sideline reporter. Steele, along with Kevin Dunn and Lowell Galindo, were the newly created network's first three talent hires. After accepting her position with the Longhorn Network

Longhorn Network

The Longhorn Network is an American regional sports network focusing on sports-related programming for The University of Texas at Austin...

, Steele relocated to Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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External links

• Samantha Steele on Facebook
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• Samantha Steele ESPN bio