crull earned a tennis scholarship to attend the university of missouri, where she studied broadcast journalism. as part of her undergraduate experience, she worked for columbia, missouri nbc affiliate komu-tv, and she also had internships or done work for espn, the cbs news bureau in london and indianapolis nbc affiliate wthr-tv. crull graduated in 2006 and began her professional career at lafayette, indiana cbs affiliate wlfi-tv, where she covered the purdue boilermakers, chicago bears, indianapolis colts and indianapolis 500.