Jamie Little (born April 9, 1978) is an American pit reporter and play by play announcer for

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coverage on Fox. Little is a former pit reporter for ESPN/ABC coverage of the

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, although she returned to her pit reporting duty for the 2007 and 2008

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as well as the 2013 Firestone 550, and ''

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''. Little joined ESPN in 1998 and covered both the Winter and Summer

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. She is well known among the motocross and extreme sports community for being a pit reporter on ESPN's ''Motoworld'' program. Little won the 2008 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, edging out

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champion Mike Skinner by 0.324 seconds. Little returned to the Winter X Games in January 2010, covering the Snowmobile Motocross. She also returned to her hosting duties for ESPN's second annual ''New Years, No Limits'' special on New Year's Eve. On September 25, 2014, it was announced that Little would move to

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beginning in January 2015 to serve as a pit reporter for

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, Xfinity Series and

races. In 2021, Little began serving as the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports' coverage of the

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. She is the first woman to be the lead television play-by-play announcer for a national motorsports series.

Personal life

Little attended Greenspun Junior High School and graduated eighth grade in 1992. Attended Green Valley High School. She is a 2001 graduate of

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

. In December 2010, Little married Cody Selman in

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. On August 9, 2012, she gave birth to a boy, Carter Wayne Selman. On October 24, 2016, Jamie and Cody welcomed daughter Sierra Lynn Selman. Little and her family live in Carmel, Indiana. Selman and Little used to own two

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franchises in

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, however Little confirmed in 2024 she no longer owned them. She owns a Nothing Bundt Cakes franchise in

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, in addition to a rental property in Tennessee.

References

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