Andy Viano was named the RailCats' Director of Broadcasting in May 2008, returning to the team he spent three years with as a broadcasting and media relations assistant.  Viano will serve as the RailCats' primary play-by-play broadcaster for every game on WEFM, 95.9 FM, and online at www.SportsJuice.com.

 A 2005 graduate of Valparaiso University, Viano broadcast RailCat home games from 2004-06 and had a variety of media relations duties, including official scoring, publication design, web updating and the production and distribution of press releases.

 During his stint with the RailCats, Viano also served as the Assistant Director of Media Relations at Valpo from 2005-06 before being named the Director of Sports Information at Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y.  Viano served as the play-by-play voice of the Valiants' nationally-ranked men's hockey team and also worked as the primary media contact for all 17 of Manhattanville's NCAA Division III athletic teams.

 While a student at Valpo, Viano was an award-winning broadcaster for the Crusaders' basketball, football, baseball and soccer teams, and also performed a stint as the General Manager of the school's award-winning student-run radio station, WVUR.  In 2005, Viano produced and hosted the Indiana Association of Student Broadcasters' "Sportscast of the Year" during a Crusader men's basketball broadcast.

 A native of Downers Grove, Ill., Viano and his wife Rachel currently reside in Griffith, Ind.

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