She went to Chaparral High School in Phoenix, where she was a 12-time prep All-American as a swimmer and the 2009 Arizona 4A state champion in the 100m backstroke.

She helped Chaparral to a pair of state titles and was named her school's 2010 Female Athlete of the Year.

[4] She was the weekend sports anchor and reporter at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, where she started as an intern in college.

[7] Before joining ESPN, she was a part of the broadcast team on The Bachelor Winter Games show on ABC.

Ashley's mother Deborah Pyburn Brewer was a news anchor for the CBS station in Phoenix for almost ten years.