Steffi Sorensen is a college basketball analyst and sideline reporter for

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. She played for the

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team from 2008-2010.

Early life and college

Growing up in

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, her dad Chris along with his brother and her uncle Robin were firefighters in Jacksonville and founded

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. She went to

Bartram Trail High School Bartram Trail High School (BTHS) is a public high school in the St. Johns County School District, located in northwest unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida (U.S.) that opened in 2000. More than a decade ago, the school was ranked number 327 ...

where she was Miss Florida Basketball in her senior year in 2006 and she was the second-highest scorer in St. John's County with 2,147 points. She ended up going to

Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public university in Lee County, Florida. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is its second youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is accredited by the ...

and was second in points averaging 14.5 points per game, leading the team to the Division II finals losing to

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. Despite her successful freshman season and FGCU going to Division I, Sorensen transferred to

Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) is a public community college in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It has an undergraduate population of about 4,027 students, as well as approximately 4,706 contract training and continuing education students. The college ...

to be closer to family. After a year at SFCC, she walked-on at the

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for the 2008-09 season under head coach Amanda Butler who recruited Sorensen while at the

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colle ...

. Sorensen earned a scholarship before her junior year ended. In her two years at Florida, she scored nine points per game and led the Lady Gators to the Second Round of the

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. In her junior year, she set the school’s single-season 3-point percentage record, shooting 39.2 percent from beyond the arc. She was the captain and Most Valuable Player on the women’s basketball team her senior year. Sorensen graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor of science degree in telecommunications management in 2010.

Broadcasting career

After being undrafted in the

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and playing a season in

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, she joined ESPN 3 as an analyst before joining

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a year later as a color commentator, and is now a college basketball analyst for SEC Now and sideline reporter for

. She also worked for Fox Sports.

References

External links

Steffi Sorensen's bio
at ESPN {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Steffi Living people American television reporters and correspondents University of Florida alumni American sports journalists Women sports journalists American women television journalists 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)