Ali Lucia Biography
Ali Lucia is a renowned American Television news anchor currently working on WCCO’s weekly program, ‘The Morning’. Prior to this position, she worked as an intern in the sports department of WCCO.
Ali started her career in Hampton Roads, Virginia, working as a weekend sports anchor. Later in 2014, she joined WCCO-TV as the host of ‘This Morning’. Previously, Lucia had worked for the station as an intern in the sports department. Moreover, she has worked as the Stars pre/post-game show host on Fox Sports Southwest.
Elsewhere, Ali served as a sideline reporter of college hockey at the Big Ten Network. As a reporter, she has covered several notable events such as Hurricanes Sandy and Irene. She also covered the Navy SEAL helicopter crash.
Ali Lucia Age
How old is Ali Lucia? Ali is 40 years old as of October 2023. She was born on October 19, 1983, in Fairbanks, Alaska, the United States of America. In addition, she belongs to the Libra birth sign, celebrating her birthday every 19th day of October.
Ali Lucia Family | Parents
Ali was born to her parents Don Lucia and Joyce Lucia. Her father, Don, is the former head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team, while her mother, Joyce Lucia, works in an unspecified field. She has an undetermined-aged sister named Jessie, as well as two younger brothers, Tony, born in 1987, and Mario, born in 1993, both of whom have some experience and success as hockey players.
Due to her father’s employment, the family lived in Fairbanks for a time before moving to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and subsequently to Minnesota.
Ali Lucia’s Education
Lucia matriculated in 2001 from a local high school in Minnesota, then continued her education at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast media and communications in 2005.
Ali Lucia Career
Ali got her first job as a production assistant and feature reporter for FOX Sports in Rochester, New York, a year after graduating from college. She worked there from May 2006 to December 2007.
She subsequently went on to work for Quincy Media’s KXLT-DT as an anchor and producer, where she was the main anchor of Fox 47 as well as the producer, anchor, writer, and photographer for Fox 47 news for four years. Ali worked as a sideline reporter for the Big Ten Network for three months in 2010 while in this job, and she also covered the St. Paul Saints for four months in the same year.
In 2011, she started working as a weekend sports anchor, producer, video editor, and photographer for LIN Media’s WAVY-TV, where she stayed until March 2013. She then worked as a baseball sideline reporter for the Texas Rangers for Fox Sports Southwest for eight months before becoming a Dallas Stars broadcaster. Until October of 2014, she hosted, produced, and wrote the weekly magazine show “Stars Insider,”
Ali worked as a feature reporter for WCCO-TV from late 2014 to August 2015 and subsequently rose to fame as a contributor, anchor, reporter, production assistant, guest booker, and feature segment reporter for WCCO-TV, especially as the “This Morning” traffic anchor and the “At Noon” anchor.
She has been reporting on college football for the Big Ten Network since October 2015, which is the second of two jobs she holds today.
Ali Lucia Husband
Lucia is married to her husband, Drew, a golfer since August 4, 2018. This was after proposing to her during a job-related trip on a beach in Charleston. She later announced the moment in This Morning Show alongside her colleagues.
After their wedding, the duo went to Bora Bora, French Polynesia for their honeymoon. She currently lives with her husband Drew in Minneapolis.
Ali Lucia’s Baby
Currently, Lucia doesn’t have a baby neither is she expecting one.
Ali Lucia Net Worth | Salary
Lucia has an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 million. Her income is mainly from her successful career as a journalist. In addition, Lucia receives an estimated annual salary of approximately between $33,774-$112,519.