Lauren, Gaston, and Glenn Elie, the children of abc13 KTRK anchor Gina Gaston and Houston Rockets legend Mario Elie, are featured as a family on Todd Freed's KUBE 57 "High School SportZone" show.
The Elie triplets of Memorial High School are looking to be future sports stars too!
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Off the court, the younger Elies have also worked on a service project called Flower Power.
In 2018, news articles were written about Gaston and Elie selling their house which was worth $3.45 million. The couple's home is located in Piney Point Village. The 7,500 square foot mansion was built in 1996 and included a home theater, gym, pool, and of course a basketball court.
In 2021, the house on 1 Mott Ln. which sits on a 34,114 square foot lot, returned to the market for $3 million.
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Off the court, the younger Elies have also worked on a service project called Flower Power.
Gaston and Elie met while Gina was reporting on the Houston Rocket's first NBA championship in 1994. Mario was a pivotal player on the soon-to-be championship team.
A year later, Elie would make his iconic "Kiss of Death" corner 3-pointer shot with ten seconds left against the Phoenix Suns in Game 7 which would help lead Houston to their second NBA Championship.
Gaston and Elie married in October 2000. When the wedding bells rang, Elie was a player for the Phoenix Suns.
In 2003, the famous Houston husband and wife's triplets were born.
The start of Gina Gaston's TV news career
After graduating from the University of Southern California, Gaston, a Santa Barbara native, arrived at KLTV in Tyler, Texas to start her television news career.
She eventually moved on to serve as an anchor and reporter for WHTM Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and then WTSP Tampa, Florida.
In 1992, Gaston moved to channel 13 in Houston to anchor the station's newly expanded morning newscast with Tom Koch, Don Nelson and Doug Brown. The team had chemistry which helped them top the Houston TV news ratings.
Gaston leaves abc13 KTRK for MSNBC
In 1999, Gaston left Houston and KTRK for the new NBC and Microsoft cable channel MSNBC. She co-hosted afternoon news and feature show "HomePage" with Ashleigh Banfield and Mika Brzezinski who is still with MSNBC on "Morning Joe."
In addition to "HomePage," Gaston worked as an anchor for the 2000 presidential election among other news events. She also served as a fill-in anchor for NBC's Weekend Today show.
A return to channel 13 and Houston
In June 2001, Gaston returned to KTRK as the weekend anchor.
A few months later, Gaston was re-united with morning anchor Tom Koch on KTRK's brand new Eyewitness News at 4pm newscast.
Within a few years, Gaston moved to the 6pm and 10pm newscasts with Dave Ward when longtime Shara Fryer moved to reporting and then left the station.
The Lone Star EMMY award winner is very involved in the Houston philanthropic world, helping raise money for the likes of the Children's Museum of Houston.
In 2018, news articles were written about Gaston and Elie selling their house which was worth $3.45 million. The couple's home is located in Piney Point Village. The 7,500 square foot mansion was built in 1996 and included a home theater, gym, pool, and of course a basketball court.
In 2021, the house on 1 Mott Ln. which sits on a 34,114 square foot lot, returned to the market for $3 million.
