The Publisher

Rowdy, AKA, Mike Reynolds. I am a life long resident of Dayton. I earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering from WSU. I have been attending games for over 20 years. In addition to RaiderRoundball, I have maintained the content on the official WSU Athletics website for 10 years as a volunteer. I served on the WSU Alumni Association Board of Directors for 7 years and was President for 3 years. I have 2 children that are extreme Raider fans as well.

Why Rowdy? It fit into the site concept and I really didn't (and still don't) want the attention to be on me in any way. It is about the players, coaches and program. The site has grown over the years and this is mainly due to the fans but is also due in part to the other volunteers who help put the stories together. I could really use your support.

Member, US Basketball Writers Association.

The Team

KevinSW

Senior Writer, Women's basketball

KevinSW covers WSU women's basketball. Kevin is originally from Connecticut. He landed in Ohio, like many others, via the Air Force and Wright-Patt. He started work for WSU in 1997 and that's when he started getting interested in Raider Sports.

Having lived overseas for many years, Kevin started watching Raider Soccer, both Men and Women teams. He still likes to watch those teams when he gets the chance. However, he met Jess Vandergeest of the Women's Basketball Team while working and she encouraged him to come watch them play. He's been an avid fan of the Lady Raider's ever since.

Kevin currently works as an Academic Advisor with the university and sees many of the Raiders while in the student union. As a season ticket holder, Kevin started covering the women's game for Raider Roundball to give the women some coverage on the web site.

Rod Hissong

Senior Writer, Northeast Correspondent

Rod Hissong, a native of Hicksville, Ohio, is a RRB.com's staff writer, covering men's pregame stories and features for WSU basketball and college basketball feature stories.

While moving away from the Dayton area, his contribution and following of the Raiders continues to be strong. Now living in New York, he works with St. John's University of the Big East Conference broadcasting women's soccer, lacrosse, softball and women's basketball. He is also a traffic reporters for News 12 Traffic and Weather, a part of the News 12 networks.

Prior to his work with St. John's, Hissong was a broadcaster for numerous mediums and programs. He first began broadcasting college basketball at his alma mater, Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio. In 2003, while continuing to broadcast both men's and women's basketball, Hissong became the sports director for WWSU. Then, in 2004, he became General Manager of WWSU.

Hissong continued broadcasting in sports while G.M.; he broadcast the 2003 high school girls basketball championships in Ohio, was a broadcaster for the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) Dayton Warbirds and was the voice of the Miami Silverbacks of the American Indoor Football League (AIFL).

While in college he broadcasted high school football, college baseball, high school boys' and girls' basketball, college basketball and indoor football. In 2004 and 2005, Hissong was a voting media member for the Horizon League's women's postseason awards.

A member of the United States Basketball Writers, Hissong lives in Glen Cove, N.Y with his girlfriend Kate.

Tim G. Zechar

Senior Photographer

Tim is a 2003 graduate of the New York Institute of Photography and a member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA). He also earned a BS in Systems Analysis from Miami University in 1981, and is currently employed as a Systems Analyst by a major defense contractor. In addition, Tim is a musician, an ordained Minister (ULC), and holds a 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do.

A life-long resident of Kettering, Tim graduated from Fairmont West High School and Miami University. In his spare time, he coaches Youth Sports at the YMCA and enjoys camping and the great outdoors.

Tim also runs his own business if you are in need of photographic services, and he specializes in Portraits, Weddings, and Sports photography.

Ryan Hehr

Staff writer

Hehr.3@wright.edu

The newest member of Raider Roundball this basketball season is Ryan Hehr, who will be covering the men's basketball games this season for the webpage. Currently a junior at Wright State University, Hehr has a rich background in journalism and reporting on sporting.

In high school, he was a sports reporter for The Community Post in Minster, Ohio. Hehr was hand selected by the paper based off his knowledge of sports and writing abilities in the classroom. During his tenure there Hehr wrote basketball articles for area high school teams, while occasionally covering area news events.

When he left the small town world and entered college life, Hehr became a sports writer for Wright State's The Guardian his freshman year. In that first year he covered anything from volleyball matches to baseball games.

Heading into his sophomore year he became the sports editor for The Guardian, a position that he currently holds today, in addition to his duties at RaiderRoundball. He also volunteers to write blurbs for the Wright State Hockey Club webpage whenever the obligation arises.

Hehr is currently majoring in Integrate Language Arts, but hopes to pursue a career in journalism after college as well. His ultimate goal is to become a sports writer for a major paper and cover national sporting events.