Edward Aschoff: ESPN College Football Reporter Dies on His Christmas Eve Birthday

*There’s sad news to report about Edward Aschoff. On Tuesday, his 34th birthday the ESPN reporter passed away, according to a statement from the network.

It was back on December 2  (2019) that Aschoff posted on his Instagram account that he had contracted pneumonia while covering the Michigan-Ohio State game on November 30, when temperatures in Michigan plunged to 31 degrees.

“Our thoughts are with his loved ones, including his fiancée Katy Berteau,” the network said in its statement.

Speaking of Berteau, she and Aschoff were due to be married in April in New Orleans. On December 4, along with a photo of Berteau, Aschoff posted this on Instagram:

“Having pneumonia is pretty terrible. Like the absolute worst. “But it helps having this sweet angel taking care of you even when she’s risking getting this soul-crushing illness herself. All the soup, tea and delicious meals have kept me from crawling into a corner and crying the days away. Love you, babe. Thanks for putting up with my 5 am coughing fits.”

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Aschoff was based in Los Angeles the past three years while covering college football for ESPN on multiple platforms.

He had been with the company since in 2011, starting as a reporter out of Atlanta focusing on the Southeastern Conference.

Before that, he worked for the Gainesville Sun in Florida, a newspaper owned by the New York Times, where he covered University of Florida football.

He had studied journalism at the University of Florida, according to his online profile.

Tributes poured in from the world of sports journalism last night after news of the reporter’s early death.

‘Ed was one of the smartest, brightest reporters I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with,’ ESPN executive editor Lauren Reynolds said.

‘Watching him grow from our co-SEC reporter with Chris Low to a multi-platform national reporter was a treat.

‘For as good of a reporter Ed was, he was an even better person. He always put people first – those whose stories he told, and those who had the honor of working alongside him.

‘The outpouring of love and support from those whose lives he touched has been overwhelming, and is a testament to the light he brought to this world.’

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