Dave Grosby

Dave Grosby, 49 was named the new play-by-play voice of Seattle University basketball on October 3rd,2009. Grosby is no stranger to Seattle sports fans having been a part of the Seattle sports scene since January 1992. ‘The Groz’ arrived after spending the previous 2 years in Los Angeles working mornings on KFI radio where he replaced the legendary Gary Owens in 1989.

His career began when he went in to work with his father at WAKR in Akron,Ohio as an 11 year old boy. He did his first broadcast on the station in October of 1973 making him the youngest sportscaster in the country at a commercial radio station at the age of 13. In 1975, the family moved to Westchester County, New York at the same time that Iona College was making the jump to Division One basketball. Grosby’s father,Al, was President of WFAS radio in White Plains, New York and he acquired the play-by-play rights with a eye towards installing his 15 year old son as the play-by-play voice. Iona hired a young Jim Valvano as coach and Grosby handled the play by play for 6 years as Iona achieved national status earning a pair of NCAA tournament trips during that time.

After attending Pace University, Grosby left for Sacramento, California in 1981 where he worked at KGNR, KTXL TV and KFBK radio respectively for 8 years. Grosby was the play by play voice for Sacramento State Football during that time and, with the arrival of the NBA’s Kings in 1985, was the back-up play-by-play man doing some 100 NBA broadcasts.

After the move from Los Angeles to Seattle,Grosby hosted the afternoon drive sportstalk show on KJR radio as that station became the third in the country to try the new all-sports format. After a year and a half, Grosby replaced the legendary Wayne Cody on KIRO Sportsline. Grosby was also Bob Robertson’s play-by-play partner on Washington State Football broadcasts while handling pre and post game duties for the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks from 1993-1996.

In 1996 he returned to KJR as co-host of the Groz with Gas show and as host of his own show.At KJR he has broadcast numerous memorable high school football and basketball broadcasts including Jake Locker’s final high school football game and many State championship men’s and women’s hoop games.

Grosby has been married to his wife Bonnie for 20 years. They, along with their dog Bruiser,live in downtown Seattle. As a side note, Grosby has appeared in 2 movies and during his time on TV in Northern California, was nominated for two local Emmy awards. He is very active in local charities and his Groz with Gasathon charity event has been a fixture on the local sports scene for more then a decade.

Gary Hill Jr.

Gary Hill Jr. has been immersed in the Pacific Northwest sports scene since childhood.  Growing up in Tacoma listening to Bob Blackburn, Pete Gross, Dave Niehaus, Bob Robertson, Kevin Calabro, Bob Rondo and the other local royalty of radio ignited an unyielding passion for sports broadcasting that eventually lured him to Washington State University. He began his career broadcasting high school games in Pullman and working his way onto the Crimson and Gray Sports Network calling WSU baseball action. For the past decade he has tirelessly pursued his passion by broadcasting hundreds of college and professional basketball, baseball and football games. He has served as play-by-play announcer, analyst or studio host for Seattle University, Seattle SuperSonics, Seattle Storm, University of Washington, University of Puget Sound and others.  Some of his highlights include calling Tim Lincecum breaking the Pac-10 strikeout record, Lauren Jackson becoming the 4^th WNBA player in history to surpass 5,000 career points, Quincy Wilder leading Evergreen State to the NAIA Sweet 16 and Seattle University taking down Louisiana Tech at the Great Alaska Shootout in 2008 for their first return-to-Division I win; an event nearly 30 years in the making. The most striking lowlight was signing off the Sonics Radio Network for what turned out to be the final time. Not only is Gary a professional on the air but he is also proficient in the studio with extensive skills and experience in radio production and engineering. He is thrilled to continue his work with Seattle University and looks forward to the exciting relationship with KIRO. Gary currently lives in Des Moines, WA with his wife Mary and daughter Finley. Visit Garyhilljr.com for audio.