Andy Viano was named the RailCats President/General Manager in October 2010, taking over the day-to-day operation of the club he has been a part of since 2004.

Viano, 28, brings with him a new era of cutting-edge family entertainment just as the club celebrates their 10th year of play in 2011.  The RailCats hope to build on their burgeoning fan base with an innovative and exciting ballpark experience while still maintaining the team's tradition of fun, affordable family entertainment and providing a consistently winning on-field product.

Viano previously served as the RailCats' primary play-by-play broadcaster for every game on The Lakeshore, 89.1 FM, and online at www.railcatsbaseball.com and www.iBNSports.com, in addition to overseeing the day-to-day operation of the media relations department from 2008-10.

A 2005 graduate of Valparaiso University, Viano broadcast RailCats home games from 2004-06 and had a variety of media relations duties, including official scoring, publication design, web updating and writing 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 Chicago.