Allie LaForce Biography
A native of Vermilion, Ohio, United States, Allie LaForce is a popular American beauty pageant titleholder, model, and journalist. However, She is a reporter for Turner Sports, covering the NBA on TNT.
Allie LaForce Age
LaForce is 33 years old as of 2021. She was born on 11 December 1988 in Vermilion, Ohio, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 11 December every year
Allie LaForce Height
LaForce stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches(1.73m) tall and weighs 56 kgs(123 lbs).
Allie LaForce Education
LaForce attended Ohio University and played five games her freshman year under head coach Semeka Randall as a guard on the Bobcats’ women’s basketball team.
Allie LaForce Family
Laforce was born to Wade Laforce (Father) and Lesa Laforce. Her father played in two Stagg Bowls for the Wittenberg Tigers. Her mother was a cheerleader and a tennis player at Kent State University.
She has a brother named Jack who is a linebacker and plays for the Mount Union Purple Raiders and a sister named Aubree who is a four-sport standout at Vermilion High School.
Allie LaForce Husband
LaForce is happily married to her husband Joe Smith an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Joe Smith previously played for the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays. Her husband attended Wright State University and was drafted by the Mets in the third round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft.
Laforce doesn’t have a baby right now but she announced on 9 March 2022 that she is expecting the couple’s first child after a three-year journey to conceive.
Allie LaForce Net Worth
LaForce has an estimated net worth of $3 million as of 2022.
Allie Laforce CBS
In April 2014, it was announced that LaForce would supersede Tracy Wolfson as the sideline reporter for the SEC on CBS. She worked as a sideline journalist for NBA TV during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
In June 2018, it was conveyed that LaForce would be leaving CBS Sports after the two sides could not come to terms with a new deal.
Allie Laforce Career
LaForce started her career in pageantry after winning the Miss Ohio Teen USA 2005 title in September 2004, on her first try at the title. She went on to represent Ohio in the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 8, 2005.
LaForce competed in the evening gown, final interview competitions, and swimsuit, and was crowned Miss Teen USA 2005 by her ancestor Shelley Hennig, Miss Teen USA 2004 from Louisiana.Her mother Lesa LaForce (née Rummell) was Miss Ohio USA 1977.
Her winnings had a one-year modeling agreement with Trump Modeling Management and a scholarship to the School for Film and Television in New York City.
She also gained a guest appearance in the NBC soap opera Passions. LaForce made an impression throughout the United States, promoting causes such as alcohol and drug awareness, as well as continuing to attend high school in Ohio.
Allie LaForce Sportscasting
LaForce worked as a sideline reporter for Sportstime Ohio during the 2010 Mid-American Conference’s football season, the 2011 MAC men’s basketball tournament, and the 2011 OHSAA basketball championships. After college, she signed with Cleveland’s Fox affiliate, WJW Channel 8, as a reporter and sports anchor.
In April 2014, it was announced that LaForce would replace Tracy Wolfson as the sideline reporter for the SEC on CBS. She thereafter signed a deal with Turner Sports, to continue her role as a sideline reporter for the NBA on NCAA and the TNT tournament.