Connie LeGrand
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Connie LeGrand (born in Columbus, Ohio) is a former American television host and motorsports journalist, who is now in education.
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[edit] Early Years
Growing up in "Bobby Rahal country," LeGrand attended her first auto race in the 1980's: The Indianapolis 500. She went on to graduate from Clemson University in 1989 with a marketing. During college she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority (which included future Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell.). LeGrand would then earn a Master's degree from the University of Georgia before going into broadcasting.
[edit] Professional Career
She served as co-host of Speed News (now The Speed Report), a motorsports news program (30 minutes during motorsports season on Saturdays. 60 minutes on Sundays.), produced by SPEED Channel with Drew Johnson. She was on the show from 2002 to June 25, 2006. During the first part of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, LeGrand also anchored the SPEED TV series NASCAR Nation.
Prior to her position at SPEED Channel, LeGrand served as a correspondent with WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the CBS affiliate that covers Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina (Greenville, South Carolina, Anderson, South Carolina, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina).
During the 1990's, WSPA-TV assisted WHNS-TV in their television news development. When the FOX affiliate finally got its own production staff, LeGrand was the only WSPA-TV correspondent to remain with WHNS-TV. For her efforts, LeGrand was promoted to the main female news anchor position in 1997, a position she would hold until her move to SPEED Channel in 2002.
[edit] Education career
Since July 2006, LeGrand is an instructor of Mass Communication in the Department of Fine Arts and Communication Studies at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg.
LeGrand is married and lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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| NAME | Legrand, Connie |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American television personality |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus, Ohio |
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Categories: Year of birth missing | Living people | American journalists | American television personalities | Clemson University alumni | Infotainers | Motorsport announcers | People from Columbus, Ohio | People from South Carolina | Television journalists | University of Georgia alumni | Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville television anchors | Television biography stubs
