Brooke began working at the Thornton Center as an academic counselor in October of 2007. She received her undergraduate degree from Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, VA in 2005 and her Masters degree from the University of Tennessee in 2007. A former student-athlete, she has had two years of previous experience working at the Thornton Center as a Graduate Assistant to the Academic Compliance Officer. Upon earning her graduate degree, she accepted a Director of Compliance position at the University of Louisiana-Monroe for a few months before returning to UT to accept her current position as the Academic Counselor to the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams and Women's Soccer team.