Walleye Hire Radio Broadcaster for All Home Games
September 30, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release
(Toledo, OH) - The Toledo Walleye announced today that they have hired Ryan Schuiling to be the lead play-by-play broadcaster for all home games this season on Fox Sports Radio 1230, WCWA.
Ryan began his career in 1997 as an afternoon drive radio talk show host at WBBL-1340 AM in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During a four-year stint there, he also called play-by-play for the Grand Rapids Area High School Hockey Game of the Week as well as the Grand Rapids Bearcats (Junior A) and hosted a weekly half-hour call-in hockey program ("Face-Off").
The Ann Arbor, Michigan native has worked over 13 years professionally at various stops in sports broadcasting and media relations, most recently serving as the radio play-by-play voice for Central Michigan University Athletics (football, men's basketball, baseball, softball) over the last three seasons. Ryan previously worked for the Grand Rapids Griffins as a media relations assistant and playoff intermission reporter during the team's 2005-06 AHL North Division Championship season.
Ryan graduated from Grass Lake High School (Mich.) in 1992 and earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree from Central Michigan University in 1996. Ryan is single and lives in Lansing, Michigan.
The Toledo Walleye will begin the regular season on Friday, October 15 at 7:00 PM in Wheeling. The home opener will be Saturday, October 16th at 7:00 pm when the Walleye host Wheeling at the Huntington Center. Ticket packages are on sale now and group outings are being reserved. Fans can call (419) 725-WALL for more information.
The Toledo Walleye play all of their home games at the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo. The Walleye are the proud ECHL affiliate of the 2010 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings.
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