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An Arizona native, Jeff Wendt has had a passion for journalism since high school.
Jeff graduated from Moon Valley High School, attended Glendale Community College and obtained an associate of arts degree in journalism before moving on the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, graduating from there in 1996.
Jeff covered high school sports and professional soccer for several years before moving to the editing side of high school sports, then editing and curating sports content for multiple newspapers across the country in a design hub, working for more than 25 years in the journalism industry.