Brooke Fletcher

Brooke Fletcher
Brooke Fletcher
	Fletcher at Michigan Stadium in September 2023
Born	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Alma mater	Auburn University
Occupation	Sportscaster;
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Georgia Teen USA 2009 ; Miss Georgia USA 2015
Major; competition(s)	Miss Teen USA 2009 ; Miss USA 2015

Last updated January 21, 2025

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.^[1] 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.^[2] She married Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth on January 18, 2025.^[3]

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.^[2]

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.^[1] 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.^[4]^[5]

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References

1 2 "Bally Sports Debuts "The Rally" Tonight, January 24". businesswire.com (Press release). January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
1 2 "Brooke Fletcher, Miss GA USA". fayettewoman.com. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
↑ https://people.com/mlb-player-jake-cronenworth-marries-sports-reporter-brooke-fletcher-exclusive-8776618
↑ "Apple introduces broadcasters and production details for "Friday Night Baseball," beginning April 8 only on Apple TV+". apple.com. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
↑ Grant Bicker (September 9, 2022). "College football Week 2 broadcasting lineup: TV networks, crew information for every B1G game". saturdaytradition.com. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

External links

Brooke Fletcher on Twitter

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Shannon Geraghty	Miss Georgia Teen USA 2009	Succeeded by Caroline Wade
Preceded by Brittany Pjetraj	Miss Teen USA 1st runner-up 2009	Succeeded by Lexi Atkins
Preceded by Tiana Griggs	Miss Georgia USA 2015	Succeeded by Emanii Davis

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[RallyPressRelease-1] 1 2 "Bally Sports Debuts "The Rally" Tonight, January 24". businesswire.com (Press release). January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[Spotlight-2] 1 2 "Brooke Fletcher, Miss GA USA". fayettewoman.com. Retrieved September 9, 2019.

[3] ttps://people.com/mlb-player-jake-cronenworth-marries-sports-reporter-brooke-fletcher-exclusive-8776618

[4] "Apple introduces broadcasters and production details for "Friday Night Baseball," beginning April 8 only on Apple TV+". apple.com. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

[5] Grant Bicker (September 9, 2022). "College football Week 2 broadcasting lineup: TV networks, crew information for every B1G game". saturdaytradition.com. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

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v t e Georgia pageant winners
Miss Georgia	Neva Jane Langley (1952) Bobbie Eakes (1982) Tammy Fulwider (1983) Samantha Mohr (1985) Monica Pang (2005) Amanda Kozak (2006) Emily Cook (2009) Leighton Jordan (2012) Carly Mathis (2013) Maggie Bridges (2014) Betty Cantrell (2015)
Miss Georgia USA	Liz Wickersham (1976) Brenda Leithleiter (1990) Tiffany Fallon (2001) Tanisha Brito (2005) Amanda Kozak (2008) Brooke Fletcher (2015)
Miss Georgia Teen USA	Jena Sims (2007) Brooke Fletcher (2009)