And we’re live in three… two… one… No stranger to being in front of the camera, senior Tracey Brannon has been part of the broadcasting program for the past four years.

“I started when I was a freshman in the Intro to A/V Production [class], and I was super involved back then,” Brannon said. “I’m still really involved now. It’s awesome. I really love it.”

Brannon said she knew she wanted to do something in front of the camera, but it wasn’t until seeing [Fox Sports broadcaster] Erin Andrews one afternoon while watching a Florida State game that she knew broadcasting was for her.

“It was like a revelation,” Brannon said. “I was like, ‘I have to be her.’ I was so inspired by her, I watched the game all the way through, and after the game I went and studied up on her. I saw all these sportscasters that were awesome, and I just loved it.”

Inspired by Andrews, Brannon now has her own sports segment on KGLE called Sports Round-Up. She said she puts in several hours of work every day to make it the best it can be.

“I honestly don’t know what my life would be without [broadcast]. I spend almost every day doing something with broadcast. I’m here until 4 [p.m.] every day where most seniors are out at 12:30,” Brannon said. “I’m so heavily involved in it that when I think about not having broadcasting in my life, it scares me.”

Brannon said broadcasting is everything she wants to do in life and hopes to continue to be a broadcaster after high school.

“I think that I will have a good job in the future with broadcast,” Brannon said. “I don’t know if I would be famous or anything like that, but I definitely think it would give me a great opportunity to provide for my family when I’m older and to provide for myself. I think it will affect my future in a positive way or at least I hope so.”

Broadcasting has already begun to affect Brannon’s future. Thanks to a segment on the Christia(e)nsen’s Corner, Brannon became Miss Collin County 2014 and was accepted into the 2014 Miss Texas USA pageant.

“I saw this segment and I don’t know what it was but something just clicked for me,” Brannon said. “Literally, I watched it for a second and immediately went onto another computer and signed up for it.”

Although this will be Brannon’s first pageant, she is no stranger to being in the limelight.  Brannon was elected this year’s Homecoming Queen.

“It means a lot more to me than a crown,” Brannon said. “I think it means a lot to me that it shows that I really did affect people’s lives. I just hope to be a good role model to people.”

Brannon said she is thankful for the opportunities given to her through the broadcasting program and for the opportunity to be an anchor for the past three years.

“I love anchoring, but the other favorite part I have is building relationships with people: the coaches I meet, the players that I interview, just everyone,” Brannon said. “I really think that my favorite part would be just that and being on camera.”