Just months after former Tech broadcaster Brandon Gaudin departed from the Flats in favor of greener pastures with EA Sports and the B1G Network, the new voice of the Institute has been found: it's former South Carolina announcer Andy Demetra. Originally a Syracuse graduate, Demetra started working in Columbia as the primary announcer for Gamecocks women's basketball way back in 2003. He was promoted in 2006 to his most recent position, calling the basketball and baseball games for the school, and served that role for the past decade prior to his hiring at Tech. Selected from a pool of over 60 candidates, Demetra certainly appears to be an excellent hire for Tech; just listen to his call of South Carolina's College World Series victory back in 2010:
Hopefully we'll get to hear that level of excitement some time in the very near future, ideally in the same context.