She attended Trinity Christian Academy, in the Dallas suburb of Addison, where she was a two-time state champion with the school's tennis team.

Over the course of six years, Budden covered the men's and women's NCAA and SEC basketball tournaments, the 2012 Summer Olympics and Pat Summitt's retirement.

In March 2014, she became the sideline reporter for the Padres broadcasts and a fill-in host for the team's pre- and post-game shows.

Prior to the 2014 NCAA college football season, she began coverage, mainly as a sideline reporter, for Fox Sports.

[3] During Budden's career covering the Padres, Toledo got a job as the assistant tennis coach at Pepperdine University.