Jenn Brown

Jenn Brown grew up in an athletic family in Orlando, Florida. Both her parents were US Olympic gymnastics coaches, and with that background she developed a passion for sports that led her to become a five-sport letter winner in high school. After serving as the captain for the Bishop Moore High School volleyball, basketball, softball, track and diving teams she was named one of the top ten athletics in Central Florida in 1999 and signed a softball scholarship with the University of Florida. While playing for the Gators she was a four-year starter and became one of the most prolific base stealers in program history. Her numerous honors include being named a two-time NFCA Academic All-American and earning SEC Academic Honor Roll honors four-times in route to graduating summa cum laude. After graduation she got her break in the entertainment industry, serving as a sports reporter at Showtime Sports and as a special correspondent on Inside the NFL, where she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show in 2008. She went on to work at CBS and E! before being hired on at ESPN, where she served as a reporter for College GameDay and a host for ESPNU’s Road Trip. In addition to her duties at ESPN she also spent time as a co-host for NBC and Esquire Network’s primetime show American Ninja Warrior, and hosted A Football Life: Backstory and NFL GameDay Scoreboard on the NFL Network. Brown is currently a host and reporter for Bellator MMA.