WATCH: 2020 Golfer of the Year and Viera High School Grad Bri Gabe Talks With Friday Night Locker Room’s Steve Wilson

Now in Nashville, Tennessee, working to break into the music industry

WATCH: Bri Gabe, the 2020 Breakfast of Champions Girls Golfer of the Year from Viera High School, talks with the Friday Night Locker Room’s Steve Wilson. After graduating from Viera High School, two years of golf at Daytona State, and two years of golf at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Gabe received her bachelor’s degree in the spring 2024 and is now pursuing a career in the music industry.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – I recently had the opportunity to talk with Bri Gabe, the 2020 Breakfast of Champions Girls Golfer of the Year from Viera High School. After two years of golf at Daytona State College and two years of golf at Belmont University, a private Christian school, in Nashville, Tennessee, Gabe received her bachelor’s degree in the spring 2024.

Gabe had four successful years, both in the classroom and on the golf course. Now, except for giving golf lessons to young girls, she has put up her golf clubs and is ready to move on to her real passion, music.

There is no better place for someone that is looking to break into the music industry than her current hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. Gabe is no stranger to music, having written her first song at age nine!

I asked her to tell me about the beginning of her singing/songwriting career. She laughed and told me that when she was nine years old and traveling in the car, she was singing along with the radio. Her sister made the comment, “We should turn the radio down, Bri can actually sing!” That was about the time her parents noticed she could sing, so they put her in a chorus, and the rest, as they say, is history!”

I asked Gabe about her songwriting, and she told me, “I started writing music when I was about eight or nine years old. I just kind of fell in love with it. I really like story telling.”

She performs locally in Nashville, and told me, “I made a lot of friends (at Daytona State College), so my band that I have here is made up of all people I met at Daytona State, which is really cool.”

Gabe talked about the challenges of balancing golf and music over the last four years. However, she obviously did well. Gabe studied Music Production Technology at Daytona State College and graduated from Belmont University with a major in Audio Engineering Technology and a minor in Music Business.

Gabe now goes under the name Bri Aspen, Aspen being her middle name. You can follow Gabe on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Spotify Music Apple under the name Bri Aspen.

Everyone knows the music industry is a tough nut to crack. However, if Bri Gabe tackles the music industry with enthusiasm and effort, like she did with her golf game, she has an above average chance of succeeding. Remember the name Bri Aspen. She is going places!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia.  He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government as the Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge in 2018.

Among the awards and accolades Steve has received over the years are 15 + year Rockledge Little League volunteer, Brevard Public School Jefferson Award Recipient, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sportscasting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018,  Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020, Ecofest Achievement Award – 2022, Quality Floridian Award – 2022, presented by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey.

Wilson is especially proud of his chairing two fundraisers in support of pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock that raised over $25,000.00.

He has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 24 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of sports achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County high school seniors.

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