Hometown: Columbia, Missouri
High School: David H. Hickman
College: The Marquette University
Other Journalism Experience: Columbia, Missouri & Tucson, Arizona
Started at News 3 Now on: February 1, 2012
What is your favorite part about living in Madison?
Packers and Badgers fans keep me honest – since I’m a Bears and Marquette fan.
What is the biggest sports story that you’ve covered?
NASCAR season finale, Border Wars between Mizzou & Kansas, bowl games, NFL, NBA postseason… too many to name.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
DVR & DVDs, exercising, traveling, sleeping.
What is your favorite kind of ice cream?
Chocolate mint chip edges out Neopolitan.
What is your favorite place to vacation?
Three-way tie: Las Vegas, San Diego, Miami.
Who is your hero and why?
My sister. She’s the smartest, coolest, most brilliant person I’ve ever known.
What was your favorite band when you were in high school?
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg.
What is your favorite sport to play or watch?
Play: Tennis, Basketball, Soccer. Watch: March Madness, college football.
If you could possess one superhuman power, what would it be?
The ability to read somebody else’s mind.
What are you really bad at that you’d love to be great at?
Golf. I’m so terrible.
What is your most memorable travel experience?
It’s going to be when I go to Rio for the 2014 World Cup.