Biography & Age
- Full Name: Ashlee Nicole Baracy
- Birthdate: April 22, 1985 (Westland, Michigan)
- Age: She turned 40 in April 2025
Early Life & Education
- A Westland, MI, native Metro Detroit, Ashlee was captain cheerleader, president Student Council at John Glenn High School
- Graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and English from the University of Michigan (\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\~2007). She also has a Master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Eastern Michigan University, and a Broadcast Meteorology Certificate from Mississippi State University
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Pageantry & Titles
- Was Miss Michigan 2008 at age 23, Westland/Miss Wayne County
- Was a contestant at Miss America 2009, placed in the Top 10, received a Quality of Life Award (1st runner-up) and was designated a Miss America Scholar
Career in Broadcasting
- Started in Detroit with WDIV‑TV (Local 4) as a traffic reporter, general assignment reporter, and occasional meteorologist
- She was hired by WBNS‑10TV in Columbus, Ohio in 2015, the first female Chief Meteorologist of the station in December 2019. She received regional Emmy Awards, “Best Weathercast” awards there, and readers voted her “Best Weather Person” several consecutive years
- Ashlee came back to WDIV‑TV in Detroit in January 2023 as weekday morning and noon meteorologist, to come home, a long-standing wish of hers
Personal Life: Husband & Family
- Married Jeff Kunkel, a retired Detroit Tigers outfielder and current baseball coach, in November 2017 at Detroit’s Gem Theatre. They first met at a Tigers game and got engaged on Belle Isle
- The couple has two children:
- Carter (son), born in August 2019
- Caylee (daughter), born in November 2021
- She playfully refers to herself as a “Momorologist,” balancing her career and motherhood
Advocacy & Community Involvement
- Ashlee’s parents both beat cancer. Her personal cause typically is early detection and breast cancer awareness. Ashlee and her mother, in 2013, were designated “Heroes of Breast Cancer” by the Karmanos Cancer Institute
Wikipedia & Public Profile
- So far, mid‑2025, she does not have an English Wikipedia page by her name. Her life and achievements are reported in media, local news websites (particularly WDIV), and biography websites
Net Worth & Salary Estimates
- Net Worth Estimates: US \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\$1 million and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\$3 million, depending on publicly available information and career duration . Up to \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\$5 million according to some sources
- Estimated Salary: Widely cited estimates range between $73,000 and $176,000 annually, depending on source
Summary Table
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Ashlee Nicole Baracy |
| Born | April 22, 1985 in Westland, Michigan |
| Age (2025) | 40 |
| Education | B.A. (Michigan), M.S. (Eastern Michigan), Broadcast certification (Mississippi State) |
| Pageants | Miss Michigan 2008; Miss America 2009, Top 10 and Quality of Life Award runner-up |
| Broadcast Career | WDIV traffic/reporter and meteorologist; Chief Meteorologist at WBNS-10TV; returned to WDIV in 2023 |
| Husband | Jeff Kunkel (married 2017), former Major League Baseball outfielder/coach |
| Children | Carter (Aug 2019), Caylee (Nov 2021) |
| Advocacy | Breast cancer awareness, according to Karmanos Cancer Institute |
| Public Presence | No official Wikipedia page as of mid‑2025 |
| Net Worth (est.) | $1M–$3M (as much as $5M in certain reports) |
| Salary (est.) | $73K–$176K per year |
Why Ashlee Baracy Stand Out in 2025
Ashlee Baracy is a blend of intriguing pageantry trivia, scholarly commitment, broadcasting mastery, and genuine advocacy. She broke glass ceilings as the initial female Chief Meteorologist at WBNS-10TV, and afterward she decided to come back home to her homeland Detroit in 2023 and keep on providing precise weather forecasts for WDIV. Apart from her live broadcast work, she uses the platform to give publicity to cancer awareness and keep things busy being a public figure and mother.
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