Hometown:	Lake Tapps, WA
High School:	White River High School
College:	Seattle Pacific University
Started at Channel 3 on:	September 24, 2007

Q: What is your favorite part about living in Madison?
A: I really enjoy how Madison is a small big city, the lakes, music scene, UW athletics, golf courses, one of my favorites is spending time down on the terrace listening to live music on a warm summer night.

Q: What is the biggest news story that you’ve covered?
A: If were talking big, going to the Big house in Michigan to cover the Badger football team was a great experience, but the biggest story was the Sunday night game when the Packers played the Cowboys at Lambeau.

Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
A: On my days off I love to go golfing, spending time on the lakes, sand volleyball, in the winter snowboarding, but sometimes my favorite thing to do in my spare time is nothing, since spare time doesn't happen often.

Q: What is your family life like? Significant other, married, kids?
A: No family life in Madison, Mom lives in Arizona and the rest of my family lives in Washington. Not married and no kids, except for my dog Baby. She's the cutest Pug in the world.

Q: What is your favorite kind of ice cream?
A: Depends on my mood. I love Stone Cold with strawberries, gram crackers, bananas and snickers. Yummy.

Q: What is your favorite place to vacation?
A: Anywhere with a beach and sunshine.

Q: Who is your hero and why?
A: My Mom, because she's the strongest and most amazing person I've ever met!

Q: What was your favorite band when you were in high school?
A: Mase and Usher.

Q: What is your favorite sport to play or watch?
A: That's a toss up. I love to play basketball and volleyball. Football is my favorite to watch.

Q: If you could possess one superhuman power, what would it be?
A: The ability to fly.

Q: What are you really bad at that you’d love to be great at?
A: I can drive the heck out of a golf ball but am a horrible chipper and putter, if I got those two down I'd be Tiger Woods.

Q: What is your most memorable travel experience?
A: I've been a lot of places but nothing compares to going fishing in Alaska for king salmon in the summertime.

Q: What is the worst job you have ever had?
A: Doing data entry, sitting at a desk for 40 hours a week, no thank you.

Q: Who would you most like to interview alive or dead, and why?
A: I'd love to interview Shaq. I love a good sense of humor, and think the interview would be entertaining.

Q: What is your favorite tradition around the holidays?
A: Eating!!!!!

Q: What is your favorite song of all time?
A: Tough to pick ONE…just about anything by Theory of a Deadman.

Q: What is your favorite movie of all time?
A: Dumb and Dumber.

Q: What is your favorite book of all time?
A: The Secret is pretty good.

Q: What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
A: Be you, because nobody is better at it than you.

Q: If you could relive any moment…what would that be?
A: When I went skydiving two summers ago, one of the coolest things I've ever done.

Q: Where were you when September 11, 2001 occurred?
A: At home in Washington,

E-mail Trisha at thermanson@wisctv.com.