Wednesday, September 16, 2009

This Sun., Sept. 20th:

ERIC BERRY

Chief Executive Officer (eberry@nsnsports.net)

Eric has been involved in sports his entire life. As a youth he played hockey, soccer, baseball, flag football, basketball and competed in everything from checkers to Punt, Pass, and Kick.A three sport athlete at Lyndon Institute from 1981-1985, Eric played football, basketball, and baseball while attending Lyndon. At LI, he led his team to the Division II semi-finals at the Barre Auditorium. It is the only team Lyndon Institute has ever sent to “The Aud” in its basketball history. Eric continues to hold the record for most assists and steals in a single season at LI and is the all-time leader in total assists as well.He went on to play basketball at the collegiate level at Lyndon State College and enjoyed great success under mentors Darrell “Skip” Pound and Tim Kelly. He feels he was able to become a good player because of these two individuals dedication to his development. Eric scored nearly 500 points in just his senior year at Lyndon and was named the team MVP and won the Michael Tessier award, given to the player who most exemplifies heart, character, team play, and intensity. He won that award in his junior year as well.After college Eric became the freshman basketball coach at Lyndon Institute and eventually went on to coach at the varsity level. In 2000, Eric took the jump to college basketball and was named the head coach at Lyndon State College. In his first season he guided the Hornets to the Mayflower Conference Championship and to the National Championships, the only basketball team to achieve that honor in school history. Eric brought two more teams to conference championships while reaching the Final Four in each of the other seasons at Lyndon State. For six straight seasons the Hornets averaged 16 or more wins.After the 2006 season Eric decided to take a leave of absence to spend more time with his family. Eric is married to Meridith Root Berry, a 1997 graduate of Lyndon State and has two children, a daughter Jade and a son Camden.While looking forward to some time “off” Eric and some friends came up with the idea of Northeast Sports Network. It has always been Eric’s goal to find a better way to promote area athletes and its hard working coaches.With 20 years of broadcast experience Eric looks forward to finding new ways to bring sporting events and information to you with the latest, cutting edge technology.Eric won first place in the Associated Press’ News Contest/Sports Feature category for his effort depicting the rivalry between St. Johnsbury Academy and Lyndon Institute in 2001.

DAVID KULL

David Kull is the Senior Deputy Editor in charge of Major League Baseball coverage on ESPN.com. Kull, who’s served in this role since 2005, manages the best team of baseball writers in the country, including Jayson Stark, Buster Olney, Jerry Crasnick, Peter Gammons, Rob Neyer, Tim Kurkjian and Keith Law. Kull has worked for ESPN.com since 1996, only a year after the Web site was launched as ESPNET SportsZone. He initially worked on the Web site in Bellevue , Wash. , before transferring to Connecticut in 1998. Kull grew as an Oakland A’s fan in San Jose , Calif. , and graduated from the University of California , Davis , where he played one year of football. Kull also coaches the varsity baseball team at The Master’s School, a small, private Christian school in West Simsbury , CT. He lives in Simsbury with his wife and three kids, two boys and one girl.

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