Kristen Lee Budden, best known as Kris Budden is an American sports reporter currently working for ESPN.
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Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 9, 1984, Budden attended Trinity Christian Academy, in the Dallas suburb of Addison, where she was a two-time state champion with the school’s tennis team.
She graduated with honors from University of Missouri’s School of Journalism with a broadcast journalism degree.
She is married to Mario Toledo, who was a member of the University of Tennessee men’s tennis team from 2000 to 2002 and they have two children: Jace and Landyn.
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She has not disclosed much about her children and as a result, their personal details such as their date of birth, age, height, etc are currently under wraps.
Budden’s first work was as a weekend sports anchor at WCAV in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Over the period of the next 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 August 2013, Budden moved to San Diego, California, after accepting a position with Fox Sports and initially becoming a part of the Fox NFL broadcast crew.
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.
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