CHRIS BLAIR
Director of Network Operations
Play-by-Play Announcer

Chris Blair begins his sixth year as the play-by-play voice of the Eagle Athletics. With a resume that covers virtually all aspects of broadcasting, with broadcast management and marketing positions in Greenville and Columbia, S.C. Blair grew up inside a radio station and began working at age 14 for his father, also a long-time broadcaster. His college broadcast experience includes work for the Clemson Tiger SportsNetwork and Lander University. He joined the Georgia Southern Athletics department as Director of Broadcasting this past summer.

Blair spent 10 years as the play-by-play announcer for prep-powerhouse Greenwood High School in South Carolina and broadcasting four state championships during the "Weekend of Champions" at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

Along with duties in the booth for football and men's basketball, Blair handles all the behind-the-scenes aspects with affiliate relations, network marketing plans, and overall sound presentation of GSU Athletics on the air and on the web. For the 2011-2012 sports seasons, Blair will host the weekly radio shows for Coach Jeff Monken and Coach Charlton Young and serves as the host for the weekly television show “Inside Georgia Southern Basketball” with Coach Charlton Young.

Chris is married to the former Amber Anders, who serves the assistant to the Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Georgia Southern. They have one son, Crafton Christopher.

TERRY HARVIN
Football Color Analyst

A four-year letterman for the Eagles, Terry was a punter on the 1986-1990 Georgia Southern squads and a member of the 1986, 1989 and 1990 Division I-AA National Championship teams. Along with his analyst duties on the game broadcasts, Harvin will host the weekly installments of “Inside Georgia Southern Football” with Eagle Head Coach Jeff Monken during the fall of 2010.

Terry continues to be an active ambassador for his alma mater and is the former President of the GSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Terry married fellow alumnus, the former Lori Driggers, Georgia Southern Class of 1994. They are the proud parents of three daughters Madelyn, Sarah and Gillian.

RYAN CHAMBERS
Football Sideline Analyst
Baseball Play-by-Play Announcer

Ryan Chambers is set for his sixth season roaming the sidelines covering Georgia Southern Football. Chambers, a native of Milledgeville, Ga., has been heard, seen and read around the state from his time delivering the weather at WGMT-TV (NBC) in Macon, as a newspaper sports editor, and broadcasting high school championship sports on radio and TV for Georgia Public Broadcasting. Along with football broadcasts, Chambers also handles the play-by-play for Eagle Baseball and hosts the television program “Inside Georgia Southern Baseball with Rodney Hennon.”

Working with the University's Office of Development in the College of Health and Human Sciences, Ryan is married to the former Jodie Payant, who is teacher in the Bulloch County School District. They are parents of two daughters, Winslette and Maggie May.

RUSS BROWN
Producer / Spotter

Back for his second season with the Georgia Southern radio network, Brown will handle on-site producer duties, as well as serve as a spotter in the booth and co-host for pre-game and post-game festivities.

Brown started his broadcasting career more than a decade ago in his hometown of Milledgeville, Ga., where he worked with another current member of the network, Ryan Chambers, manning the airwaves of WMVG and WKZR. After attending school in Charolotte, N.C., and working for Raycom Sports, Brown returned to the Peach State in 2006 to work as the Program Director for ESPN 105.5 the Fan where he co-hosted and produced the "The Afternoon Sports Drive" with former GSU punter and now GSRN color commentator Terry Harvin.

Brown, now the producer of the "Bill Shanks Show" on Fox Sports 1670 in Macon, Ga., resides in Macon with his wife, Lindsey, and son, Ole.

FRANK SULKOWSKI
Pregame Show Co-Host

Sports Director at WJCL-TV and Fox 28 in Savannah since January 2006, Frank Sulkowski, “The Big Guy,” joins Russ Brown as a host of the radio network’s pre-game show.

Selected by Connect Savannah readers as the Best Sports Anchor three times, Sulkowski’s other accolades include “Outstanding Broadcasting Alumni” honors from Georgia Southern University and recognition by Special Olympics Georgia for his outstanding coverage. Prior to his position in Savannah, Sulkowski served as sports Director and Sports Anchor in Albany, Macon, Atlanta and Statesboro.

Sulkowski was a two-sport athlete at Tift County High School in Tifton, Ga., and continued his football career at East Tennessee State University. The 1997 Georgia Southern graduate and his wife, Lori, are the parents of two daughters, Abbie and Aubrey.

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