Kacie McDonnell

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Kacie McDonnell
Born (1990-07-30) July 30, 1990 (age 33)
Other namesKacie Hosmer, Kacie McDonnell-Hosmer
Alma mater Villanova University
Employer Fox News
Spouse
(m. 2021)
Children1

Kacie McDonnell (Born July 30, 1990) is a Fox News Talent mostly on Fox Business as host of Mansion Global. [1] Her first assignment was hosting the red carpet in the Patriot Awards in 2019.

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Early life and education

She was born and raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. She went to Nativity BVM High School then Villanova University where she graduated in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in communications. [2]

Career

Prior to joining Fox News, McDonnell began her career in sports at WTXF-TV, delivering reports on the Philadelphia Eagles for Good Day Philadelphia. She also was the traffic reporter there. McDonnell then spent two years at KSHB-TV in Kansas City, Missouri where she started as a traffic reporter and then began working as a sideline reporter for Sporting Kansas City about a year later. McDonnell served as an anchor for the New England Sports Network covering professional sports across Boston. [3] She covered the Final four for Turner Sports when her alma mater Villanova University played in and later won two NCAA men's Division I national championships in 2016 and 2018. [4]

Personal life

McDonnell began dating NFL quarterback Aaron Murray in 2013. They became engaged in 2014, before calling it off the following year. [5]

She married Major League Baseball player Eric Hosmer on December 31, 2021. [6] She has taken her husband's name in her social media pages. The couple announced in April 2022 that they were expecting their first child later that year. [7]

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References

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