Sophia Minnaert
Sophia Minnaert is an American journalist and the broadcast and digital features content director for the Milwaukee Brewers.
In 2012, Minnaert was hired by Fox Sports Wisconsin to work in their social media department. Starting in 2013, she began as an on-air sideline reporter for FSW. During her time at the network, she worked both Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks telecasts. However, following her hire by the Brewers in June 2018, Minnaert's role with the Bucks ended.
Accolades
She won an Emmy in 2013 for the documentary Baseball in the Dominican Republic.
Personal life
Minnaert is from Madison. In 2009, she graduated from Marquette University, where she studied Spanish and journalism, with the latter regularly seen in interviews with the Spanish-speaking players of the Brewers where she translates responses to her questions without the assistance of a player's translator. Her mother is from Costa Rica and her father, Al Minnaert, is a well-known former Madison Edgewood High School football coach.