Brooke Fletcher

{{Short description|American sportscaster}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Brooke Fletcher

| image = Brooke Fletcher 2023.jpg

| caption = Fletcher at Michigan Stadium in September 2023

| alma mater = Auburn University

| occupation = {{hlist|Sportscaster}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| title = Miss Georgia Teen USA 2009
Miss Georgia USA 2015

| competitions = Miss Teen USA 2009
Miss USA 2015

}}

Brooke Fletcher (born September 30, 1992) is an on-air talent for Bally Sports, Chicago Sports Network, and the Big Ten Network. She co-hosts the Bally Sports show The Rally and previously covered the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, and Detroit Pistons for Bally Sports Detroit.{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220124005475/en/Bally-Sports-Debuts-%E2%80%9CThe-Rally%E2%80%9D-Tonight-January-24|title=Bally Sports Debuts "The Rally" Tonight, January 24|website=businesswire.com|date=24 January 2022 |accessdate=27 January 2022}} Her father is Scott Fletcher, who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball including his final season for Tigers in 1995. He’s currently a minor league instructor for the Tigers. Her brother-in-law is Gordon Beckham, who played for the Tigers in the 2019 season.{{cite web|url=https://fayettewoman.com/brooke-fletcher-miss-ga-usa/|title=Brooke Fletcher, Miss GA USA|website=fayettewoman.com|accessdate=9 September 2019}} She married Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth on January 18, 2025.{{cite web | url=https://people.com/mlb-player-jake-cronenworth-marries-sports-reporter-brooke-fletcher-exclusive-8776618 | title=MLB Player Jake Cronenworth Marries Sports Reporter Brooke Fletcher in Destination Wedding with Ties to Mayan Culture (Exclusive) }}

Early life and college

Fletcher was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin while her dad was playing for the Milwaukee Brewers. Her family moved to Georgia when she was two. She graduated from Starr's Mill High School in 2010, and went to Auburn University. She majored in business marketing and minored in Spanish, was in a sorority, Phi Mu and was involved in Auburn’s television station, Eagle Eye TV.

Career

=Pageantry=

She was Miss Georgia USA in 2015 and Miss Georgia Teen USA in 2009, and first runner-up for Miss Teen USA 2009. In Miss USA 2015, Fletcher competed against fellow future sportscaster Katie George of Kentucky.

=Sports reporting=

Fletcher started her career at ESPN in production then covered college sports on ESPNU and the SEC Network. In 2018, she joined Bally Sports Detroit as a host and reporter on Tigers, Red Wings, and Pistons broadcasts. She left Bally Sports Detroit in 2022 to co-host The Rally on Bally Sports. She also joined Apple TV+ for its coverage of the Major League Baseball games and the Big Ten Network for their college football coverage in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apple-introduces-broadcasters-and-production-details-for-friday-night-baseball/|title=Apple introduces broadcasters and production details for "Friday Night Baseball," beginning April 8 only on Apple TV+|website=apple.com|accessdate=10 April 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://saturdaytradition.com/big-ten-football/college-football-week-2-broadcasting-lineup-tv-networks-crew-information-for-every-b1g-game/|author=Grant Bicker|title=College football Week 2 broadcasting lineup: TV networks, crew information for every B1G game|website=saturdaytradition.com|date=9 September 2022 |accessdate=11 September 2022}} In 2025, Fletcher joined Chicago Sports Network to cover the Chicago White Sox, one of the teams her father Scott Fletcher played for.{{cite web|url=https://www.soxon35th.com/brooke-fletcher-to-join-chsn-white-sox-broadcasts-as-reporter/|author=Joe Binder|title=Brooke Fletcher will join CHSN’s White Sox broadcasts as a reporter|website=soxon35th.com|date=8 February 2025 |accessdate=21 February 2025}}

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