Connie Leonard Biography
Connie Leonard is an American Anchor/Reporter working for WAVE 3 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States as a news anchor and reporter at 5:30. She started her first job as a news director and anchor at the Campbellsville, KY Fox affiliate, WGRB-TV.
Connie Leonard Age / Birthday
Leonard manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the limelight. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday and how old she is at the moment. Judging from her appearance, she might be in her 40s.
Connie Leonard Height / Measurements
Leonard is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Connie Leonard Partner / Husband
Leonard has been happily married to her loving husband Kent Taylor who is a WAVE News Sports Director since 1999. Her husband Taylor was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. He attended and graduated from St. Margaret Mary and St. Xavier High School, and later joined and graduated from Miami (Ohio).
He took over as just the fourth 11 p.m. sports anchor in the station’s history in January 2002. In 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2015, he was named “Kentucky TV Sportscaster of the Year” by the Associated Press. In 2015 and 2016 he also won Best Sports Play-by-Play.
Connie Leonard Kids / Children
Leonard has been blessed to be a mother to a beautiful daughter by the name of Emerson who was born in the year 2012. However, she manages to keep information regarding her daughter away from the limelight.
Connie Leonard Family / Relatives
Leonard was born in the United States and grew up in Elizabethtown, Ky where she worked in her father’s grocery store. Every night when it was slow, Connie would read the Sports section of The Courier-Journal from front to back to pass the time, and sports became an obsession
Connie Leonard Education
Leonard is a highly educated and qualified woman. After graduating from East Hardin High School with a high school diploma in general studies she joined and graduated from Western Kentucky University.
Connie Leonard Career
Leonard is a news anchor and reporter for WAVE 3 at 5:30. She is an Emmy and Murrow-winning reporter. She began her first job as a news director and anchor at the Campbellsville, KY Fox affiliate, WGRB-TV. Afterward, she moved on to work as a news reporter at WLKY-TV in Louisville before joining WAVE News as a news and sports reporter. Afterward, Connie became the WAVE 3-weekend anchor and co-anchored WAVE News Sunrise each weekday morning alongside Brian Shlonsky. She currently serves as a Troubleshooter investigator focusing on consumer advocacy.
Connie has traveled extensively for WAVE News whereby she covered the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Leonard has provided extensive NCAA Tournament coverage of the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, and Indiana University. She also covered when she traveled with Tim Couch to New York when he was nominated for the Heisman Trophy, visited Boise State with the Louisville Cardinals in the Humanitarian Bowl, and Kentucky’s football battle with Penn State in the Outback Bowl.
Leonard even followed former UofL football coach John L. Smith to Pamplona, Spain for the Running of the Bulls. She has also covered many Kentucky Derbys and traveled to Gulf Stream Park in 1999 for the Breeders’ Cup. Connie also brought us to live reports from the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, NY in 1999 for Charismatic’s failed bid for the Triple Crown.
Her in-depth sports interviews have spanned sports greats from the likes of coach Pat Riley to “the monster mash.” Two of her many Emmy wins have come in the “Sports Reporting” categories. She says the best sports stories are with local athletes who may or may not end up becoming big stars.
Leonard works with WAVE 3 News where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Maira Ansari
- Phylicia Ashley
- Sean Baute
- John Boel
- Shannon Cogan
- Dawne Gee
- Kevin Harned
- Brian Shlonsky
- Tawana Andrew
- Brian Goode
Connie Leonard Salary
Leonard receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Connie Leonard Net Worth
Through Connie’s career as an anchor and reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Connie Leonard Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Leonard is active on her social media accounts. She has about 8.8 K followers on her Facebook Page, about 7,225 followers on her Twitter account, and around 2,671 followers on her Instagram account.