Abby Hornacek is a newcomer at Fox Nation who joined the station earlier this year as a sports journalist but she is already a huge name in media. She is the daughter of former professional NBA player-turned-coach, Jeff Hornacek. Read on to know more about Abby and her career history, along with her personal life details.
Abby Hornacek Short Bio
Abby was born on April 25, 1994, to retired NBA player Jeff Hornacek and his wife Stacy Hornacek. She is the youngest of three children and the only daughter of her parents. Her elder brothers are Tyler and Ryan Hornacek. She has a sister-in-law named Casey Hornacek (Ryan’s wife).
Abby Hornacek started working straight out of high school
Abby graduated from Xavier College Preparatory in Arizona and joined the University of Southern California. She began honing her anchoring skills right after entering the university. She started out as an anchor/producer at Trojan Vision Television, a student-operated TV station at USC.
She left Trojan Vision in May 2012 after working for five months to join the university’s volleyball team. Then in August 2013, she joined another student-operated news program called Annenberg TV News where she covered a broad range of news stories throughout the LA area.
In January 2014, Abby joined Fox Sports San Diego as a production intern. During her four-month internship, she assisted various Fox Sports 1 producers in live broadcasts and other shows. She also assisted in logging and clipping sports for the evening’s highlight show.
In May 2014, after completion of her internship, she became a feature reporter at the network. She reported, wrote and produced features for Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns and also hosted a show for Phoenix Suns Mock Draft. She ultimately became the co-host of San Diego Prep Insider, a weekly night show, in August 2015. She left the job after a year in August of 2016.
From August 2016 to August 2018, Abby served as a host for Stadium, a sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. She was served as a reporter at The Drone Racing League for two years from February 2016 to February 2018.
Abby became an on-air host for Fox News in earlier this year. On February 31, 2019, Abby announced on Instagram that she would be hosting lifestyle and travel shows, along with sports, on Fox Nation.
“I’m excited to OFFICIALLY announce I’ll be a lifestyle, sports and travel host on Fox Nation!” Abby wrote “I’ll be hosting the special "FOX Nation: In Depth," on Fox News Sunday at 8 pm ET, so tune in and I’ll pretend like I’m Maroon 5 at the Super Bowl,” she added.
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