Eric Berry
Eric Berry founded NSN after many years steeped in athletic leadership. From his early sports involvement all the way through college, Eric excelled athletically.
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.
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. In 2009 he received the “Media Person Of The Year” award from the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association.
George Commo
A native of Essex, Vermont, George Commo graduated from Rice Memorial High School in 1968 and the University of Vermont in 1972. He began broadcasting sports in 1974.
His versatility has kept him very busy. In baseball Commo has served as the radio and television play by play voice of the Vermont Reds, Mariners, Expos, and Lake Monsters. In college hockey he was the play-by-play voice of the University of Vermont Catamounts for 18 years and has been the voice of the Norwich University Cadets for the past 11 seasons. He also was the TV voice of ECAC Hockey for several years. He has also been the play by play voice of Norwich University football and Vermont, St. Michael’s and Norwich basketball.
Commo has traveled across North America calling stock car racing for the American Canadian Tour and the American Speed Association. He has covered Vermont and New Hampshire high school football, baseball, basketball and hockey on radio, television and the Internet. He also has served as a television sports anchor and reporter at the Burlington, Vermont ABC and NBC affiliates.
A seven time Vermont Sports-caster of the Year and multi-time Associated Press Broadcast Play by Play Award Winner, Commo lives in Burlington with his wife Dot. He has three sons, Kevin, Anthony, and Jack.
Jack Healy
Jack Healey hails from Topsfield, Mass. but has been in Rutland since 1971. Jack has been broadcasting for more than 30 years and in 2008 Jack was awarded his 19th “Vermont Sports-caster of the Year” award.
Jack was inducted into the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2004, the Vermont Principals Association Hall of Fame in 2008, received the media award from the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association in 2005 and received the Norwich University media award in 2006. He has also received many Vermont Associated Press Awards for Best Play by Play, Best Sports Feature and Best Sportscasts. In 2005 he won the Associated Press Award for Vermont’s best talk show.
He is known as the voice of the Vermont Lake Monsters, Vermont Reds and Vermont Expos and has also been the voice of University of Vermont men’s and women’s hockey and University of Vermont men’s and women’s basketball. In the last year Jack has become the voice of Castleton men’s and women’s hockey and men’s and women’s basketball.
He has also been the voice of state-wide high school sports and in 2009 will become the voice of Castleton football.
John Lawrence