Lindsay Rhodes
{{Short description|American sports broadcaster (born 1976)}}
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| birthname = Lindsay Soto
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1976|02|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = El Toro, California, United States
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| education = {{nowrap|University of Southern California (BA)}}
| occupation = Sportscaster, journalist
| years_active = 1998–present
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| spouse = Matt Rhodes (2012–present)
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Lindsay Rhodes (born February 25, 1976), previously known as Lindsay Soto, is an American sportscaster, journalist, and television personality who was a host and reporter for the NFL Network.
Biography
Lindsay Overman-Soto[http://annenberg.usc.edu/en/AlumniandParents/Parents/News/Dispatch/Archive/November%202010.aspx USC Annenberg Dispatch November 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826051952/http://annenberg.usc.edu/en/AlumniandParents/Parents/News/Dispatch/Archive/November%202010.aspx |date=2011-08-26 }} graduated from El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California in 1994, where she was the sports editor for her high school yearbook.{{IMDb name|2259439}} She graduated from the University of Southern California in 1998 and interned both at the USC Athletic Department and 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.[http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/onairtalent/lindsay-soto Lindsay Soto NFL On Air Talent]
She began working at FSN West full-time in January 2003, and over time became "one of the most visible reporters and anchors" on that network.{{cite news | first=Larry | last=Stewart | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-23-sp-tvcol23-story.html | title=Soto Stays True to Her Roots | work=Los Angeles Times | date=September 23, 2005 | accessdate=September 27, 2019}} She has been involved in FSN's high school sports coverage since that network began such coverage in 1997. Soto appeared in a variety of roles on FSN West / FSN Prime Ticket: sideline reporter for USC/UCLA football, Los Angeles Avengers, and Los Angeles Sparks telecasts and sometimes for FSN broadcasts of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; host for Southern California Sports Report, L.A. Times High School Spotlight, and USC Sports Magazine show; co-hosting the High School Spotlight with Sean Farnham, and serving as the host of FSN Prime Ticket's coverage of the High School Game of the Week. She was the sideline reporter for the 2005 game in which Avengers defensive tackle Al Lucas died after suffering a spinal cord injury.{{cite news | first=Larry | last=Stewart | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-15-sp-tvcol15-story.html | title=Nothing Prepared Soto for Tragedy | work=Los Angeles Times | date=April 15, 2005 | accessdate=September 27, 2019}}
Soto served as a sportsdesk reporter for NBC Sports's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as a reporter for NHL on Versus and College Football on Versus.
Soto joined NFL Network in the fall of 2008 and has worked as an anchor on NFL Total Access, a reporter for NFL Network Now and a field and in-studio reporter for NFL GameDay Morning.{{cite web | first=Tom | last=Hoffarth | url=http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2011/09/soto-learning-t.html | title=Soto learning to geek it as a fantasy follower | work=Los Angeles Daily News | date=September 8, 2011 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127094644/http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/2011/09/08/soto-learning-t/ | archive-date=January 27, 2013 | accessdate=September 27, 2019}}
Soto announced a name change to Lindsay Rhodes on air March 1, 2012, and a week earlier via TwitterTwitter name change, [https://twitter.com/lindsay_rhodes/status/171795748755750913 "Marriage. It's a name changer."]. Twitter, February 20, 2012. as a result of marrying Matt Rhodes on February 19, 2012.Wedding registry, [http://registry.weddingchannel.com/coupledir/20122/R/O2383720/MATT_RHODES_AND_LINDSAY_SOTO.htm "MATT RHODES and LINDSAY SOTO Wedding"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324071943/http://registry.weddingchannel.com/coupledir/20122/R/O2383720/MATT_RHODES_AND_LINDSAY_SOTO.htm |date=2012-03-24 }}. Wedding Channel
Awards
Wins
- Los Angeles area Emmy Award: Best Sports Reporting (2004).Tom Hoffarth, [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FSN+REPORTER+SOTO+ALWAYS+ON+THE+GO.-a0128989083 "FSN Reporter Soto Always On the Go"], Los Angeles Daily News, February 18, 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).
References
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External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{IMDb name|2259439}}
- [http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/onairtalent/lindsay-soto Lindsay Soto NFL On Air Biography]
{{NFL Total Access}}
{{NFL Top 100}}
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Category:American television sports announcers
Category:College football announcers
Category:College basketball announcers in the United States
Category:National Hockey League broadcasters
Category:USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni