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Meet the Team!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. Ryan McDonald - Chief Technology Officer - rmcdonald@nsnsports.net  Ryan grew up in East Burke, Vermont and has always had an interest in sports. While attending Lyndon Institute Ryan was a three-sport athlete, competing in football, alpine skiing and track. Ryan became a star on the track, helping Lyndon to three consecutive state titles with wins in the 200, 400 and 4 x 400 relay as a senior in 2000. After graduating from LI, Ryan attended the University of Vermont where he continued to compete in track while earning Bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration. Ryan joined Northeast Sports Network, after three years in the tech field in Burlington, to be part of a growing Vermont-based business with a group of people who are passionate about sports at all levels. Ryan feels that athlete's have a very strong sense of teamwork, persistence and diligence and working with former athletes is encouraging, while promoting local athletes is a great business to be a part of. Jim Davis - Chief Operations Officer  Jim is the principal of Sullivan James & Company and has over 25 years of management experience working with organizations and advising small businesses and non-profit organizations on a variety of issues. He founded and managed three successful businesses and served in senior management positions for Indoor Recreation of Orleans County (IROC), Inline Sports Center and Santa Barbara Roller Hockey Center. Jim was responsible for developing and executing the development, construction and operating plans for IROC, a $5.5 million non-profit community wellness facility located in Derby, Vermont, including the firm's strategy, sales/marketing, fund raising/development, financial operations and human resources. Jim holds a BA in American History and Education from Middlebury College and a Master of Arts from Goddard College in business/economic development. He is a past board member of the Northern Forest Sustainable Economic Initiative committee, The Collaborative, Newport Chamber of Commerce, Rotary of Newport and a founding member of Kingdom Starz Hockey Inc. Jordan Royer - Editor - www.NSNSports.net  Jordan has been a sports fanatic his entire life. At six-years-old he began playing organized baseball in Lyndonville as a member of the inaugural season of Tee-Ball. Jordan climbed the ranks of baseball and eventually captained the Lyndon Institute Vikings to a Division II State Championship. He then went on to play at Lyndon State College where he was named an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention in his sophomore season. Jordan also played football beginning in the fifth grade and claims one of his favorite sports memories is the 20-0 victory over rival St. Johnsbury in his senior season at LI. While at Lyndon State, Jordan studied Journalism and graduated with a bachelors degree in that field in May 2008. Jordan joined the Northeast Sports Network team in December 2006 and is excited about the expansion of the website and is looking forward to promoting area athletes for many years to come. |
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