Kyndra de St. Aubin

Kyndra de St. Aubin (née Hesse) is an American sports broadcaster who is the color commentary announcer for local TV broadcasts of Major League Soccer's Minnesota United. She is currently the only female commentator to be covering Major League Soccer.

Kyndra de St. Aubin
Born
Kyndra Hesse
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSports commentator
Association football career
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Wisconsin Badgers
2000–2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers

Soccer career

Kyndra de St. Aubin began her soccer career playing locally for youth teams in the Twin Cities area. In her sophomore year of high school, De St. Aubin's dreams of playing collegiate soccer were threatened by a diagnosis of Lupus. The disease forced her to quit basketball, but she remained passionate and determined to continue with soccer.[1] After graduating from high school, De St. Aubin went on to play collegiate soccer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for her freshman year before transferring to the University of Minnesota where she lettered twice in her remaining college years.[2] She graduated in 2003 with a major in broadcast journalism.[3]

Broadcasting career

After graduating from college, De St. Aubin took a job working for ESPN 1500AM in Wisconsin. In this job she covered local sports teams including the Milwaukee Bucks, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Green Bay Packers along with college sports. In 2007, De St. Aubin left Wisconsin to work in Arizona for Arizona Sports 98.7 FM.[3] Here she covered the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Phoenix Suns, the Arizona Cardinals, as well as the Phoenix Coyotes. In Arizona she also had the chance to cover local college teams including Grand Canyon University's teams on Cox Sports.[4]

In 2015, De Saint Aubin was chosen to be part of one of the five teams that covered the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada for Fox Sports. Jenn Hildreth joined de Saint Aubin as her broadcast partner and the pair commentated 12 games during the world cup including the semi-final game between Japan and England in Edmonton. She has also commentated games for Women's Professional Soccer and she was the lead analyst for the National Women's Soccer League for two seasons.

In 2017, de Saint Aubin returned home to Minnesota as she was hired by Minnesota United to be the color commentator for 2017 Major League Soccer season. In Minnesota, she joined Callum Williams in the booth.[3][4]

Personal life

Kyndra de St. Aubin is married and resides in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. She and her husband have a daughter named Adelynne.[1]

References
  1. Ryan, Megan. "Minnesota United's Kyndra de St. Aubin breaks down soccer with ease". Star Tribune. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  2. Castillo, Arielle. "Castillo: Broadcaster Kyndra de St Aubin is one of MNUFC's best signings". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  3. Greder, Andy (18 January 2017). "United hires former Gophers women's player and Stillwater native to TV role". Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via EBSCOhost.
  4. "Kyndra de St. Aubin". kyndrasports.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.