Christie graduated from Geraldine High School in 1989 where she was an All-County and All Area volleyball player. Cristie graduated from Athens State in 1993. Hired as volleyball coach at Geraldine High School in 1997, Cristie turned the Bulldogs into a volleyball powerhouse. Over the next twenty-one years her teams won fourteen County Championships, and sixteen Area titles. In 2001 coach Brothers led her team to the 2A State Championship. She would have two more State Runner-Up teams and twelve Elite Eight appearances. Brothers finished her career with 872 game wins and 346 losses.
