2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

FRONT OFFICE 26University of Maine (1994) and the Universityof West Virginia (1995). Lewis and his wife,Kimmberly, have three sons; Ryan (4/15/94),and twins Drew & Troy (9/7/95) and a daughterKrysta.CHRIS CULMERPRO PERSONNEL ASSISTANTChris Culmer enters hisfourth season as a proscout for the Seahawks,his ninth season overallwith the team. As a proscout, Culmer is responsiblefor the advancescouting of Seahawks’opponents and evaluatingplayers in all professionalleagues includingthe NFL, NFL Europe, the CFL, and ArenaLeagues. Throughout the season, he coordinatesfree-agent tryouts, monitors NFL transactions,and assists in the recruiting and signingof all NFL free agents. In addition to hispro scouting responsibilities, Culmer alsoevaluates draft eligible players and attendscollege workouts in preparation for the NFLDraft. Culmer is a Northwest native havinggrown up in the Tri-Cities area of easternWashington. He received his Bachelor’sDegree in Business Administration fromWashington State University in 1998 andwent on to earn his master’s degree in SportManagement from the University ofMassachusetts in 2000. He and his wife,Kristina, reside in Issaquah, Wash.ED DODDSPRO PERSONNEL ASSISTANTEd Dodds begins his firstseason in the Seahawkspro personnel departmentand his fifth in theNFL. Dodds joined theSeahawks in May 2007,after spending his firstfour seasons with theOakland Raiders. Doddsjoined the Raiders afterearning a degree in businessmarketing from Texas A&M-Kingsville.He was a student coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville from 2000-03, serving one year asquality control assistant for he offense, thenhandling quality control on defense for twoseasons. He was a four-year starter at H.M.King High School in Kingsville, Texas and athree-year all-district pick at guard and linebacker.SCOTT FITTERERWESTERN REGION DIRECTOR OFCOLLEGE SCOUTINGScott Fitterer joined theSeahawks’ staff on June25, 2001, as an areascout. He begins histhird season as theclub’s western regiondirector of collegescouting. He coordinatesthe Seahawks’scouting effort in thewestern part of theUnited States. Spent the previous three seasonswith the New York Giants, 1998-99 as apart-time scout before being assigned to theWest Coast region for the 2000 season. Was a1995 draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays andspent three years in the Blue Jays system(1995-97) before his career ended due to threeshoulder surgeries. Was a two-sport athlete incollege, playing quarterback in football andpitcher in baseball at UCLA (1992-94) and LSU(1994-95). In 1998, Fitterer returned to UCLAto earn his undergraduate degree in history.Born in Seattle on 11/4/73, he is a graduate ofKennedy High School in Seattle. Scott, hiswife Cherish, daughter Ella (1/18/06), and sonCole (4/5/07) live in Sammamish, Wash.MIKE YOWARSKYEASTERN REGION DIRECTOR OFCOLLEGE SCOUTINGMike Yowarsky, in histhird season with theSeahawks, is the easternregion director of collegescouting. A 15-yearmember of the TampaBay Buccaneers’ scoutingstaff, Yowarsky wasmost recently responsiblefor the southeasternportion of the UnitedStates. Yowarsky’s contributions proved vitalin 2002, as the Buccaneers captured their firstSuper Bowl title in team history with a 48-21victory against Oakland in Super BowlXXXVII. He joined Tampa Bay in 1991 afterspending the 1990 campaign as a graduateassistant at the University of Florida underHead Coach Steve Spurrier. Prior to workingat Florida, Yowarsky spent 1989 as a teacher inCleveland, Tennessee. From 1984-85, he was agraduate assistant at Kansas and then servedas a defensive assistant for the Jayhawksfrom 1986-88. Yowarsky taught in theKnoxville school system from 1983-84.Earned a Bachelor’s Degree in secondary educationfrom Tennessee, and his Master’s in