Brunson graduated from
Curtis Senior High School in
University Place, Washington. She is a 1996 alumna of
Washington State University, with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast communications.
Broadcasting career Brunson joined ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in September 1999. She served as co-host alongside David Lloyd on the network's weekend morning SportsCenter programs. Prior to ESPN, Brunson served as a weekend sports and news anchor/reporter at
KATU in
Portland, Oregon, from July 1998 to August 1999. While in Portland, she covered the
Portland Trail Blazers, the
University of Oregon and
Oregon State University football, and men's and women's basketball programs. Prior to KATU, Brunson worked at
KHQ-TV in
Spokane, Washington. Brunson was anchoring when
ESPNEWS covered
Florida Marlins rookie
Aníbal Sánchez's no-hitter, thrown September 6, 2006. She was also anchoring
SportsCenter when
San Francisco Giants slugger
Barry Bonds hit his 755th and 756th career home runs, tying and surpassing
Hank Aaron for most all-time. Brunson officially left ESPN on December 29, 2012, after co-anchoring her final
SportsCenter broadcast alongside
Bram Weinstein. She co-anchored her first
SportsCenter broadcast in February 2001 alongside her future husband, Steve Berthiaume. Brunson joined the
Arizona Diamondbacks broadcast team in March 2013. She co-hosted pre-game and post-game shows with Jody Jackson on Sunday games. By 2024, she was the play-by-play voice of the
Phoenix Mercury and a studio host at
ESPN and the
Pac-12 Network. In 2025, she was released from the Mercury. ==References==