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Joel T. Lomurno
A native of Moorestown, New Jersey, Lomurno graduated from La Salle University in Philadelphia in 1992. He started with the Thunder in 1993 as an intern and is entering his 32nd season with the team.
Following the internship, he has worked in almost every department within the organization. Lomurno moved into ticket sales in 1994 and eventually became the director of public relations and play-by-play announcer through 2004, when he was promoted to assistant general manager. During that time, he even dressed for two games as emergency goal-tender. Lomurno became general manager of the Thunder in 2008, and was charged with running both the Thunder and the expansion Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association of Professional Baseball, until the Wingnuts were sold to a local ownership group in 2010.
Lomurno was twice named Central Hockey League Public Relations Executive of the Year (2000 and 2006), was a finalist for the CHL Executive of the Year Award in both 2013 and 2014 and was named ECHL Executive of the Year in 2022. Lomurno was elected to the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame in 2022. Joel and his wife, Miranda, have two daughters - Cincy and Charlotte.
Matt Brokaw
Hometown: Andover, KS
College Attended & Major(s): Wichita State; BBA in Marketing / MEd in Sports Management
Favorite Movie: Goodfellas / Wolf of Wall Street
Favorite Animal: Cheetah
Favorite Dessert: Brownies
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pepperoni
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA
Favorite Movie Quote: Boiler Room - "Act as if"
What pets do you have?: Wiener Dog - Rosco
What did you want to be as a kid?: Firefighter
Favorite moment of your sports career: First game ever at INTRUST Bank Arena in front of a sold out crowd
Drew Hanson
Hanson came to the Air Capital from Sioux City, Iowa . He was named as a finalist for ECHL Rookie of the year in 2021-22. graduate of ECHL Ticket Sales Management Universi
Hometown: Whiting, IA
College Attended & Major(s): Ozark Christian College; Christian Ministry
Favorite TV Series: MacGyver
Favorite Animal: Tiger
Favorite Dessert: Sahara
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pepperoni
Favorite Musician/Band: Third Eye Blind
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: Parked Out by the Lake - Dean Summerwind
Favorite Movie/TV Quote: "Dreams are important, otherwise sleep is just 8 hours of nothing." - MacGyver
First Celebrity Crush: Jessica Biel
What pets do you have?: 1 dog, 5 kids
What did you want to be as a kid?: Pro athlete
Favorite moment of your sports career: Breaking the school record with 43 points in a basketball game
Jason Mals
Jason Mals joined the Thunder in 2004 as a sales associate and the radio announcer of the team. A native of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Mals attended Penn State University from 1999-02 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor in Kinesiology and Sociology. After graduating from school, he was named as the Voice of the North American Hockey League’s Billings Bulls in 2003. Mals also worked for Steckline Communications for four years, hosting the afternoon drive talk show, The Press Box, as well as being the station’s high school basketball voice. He also served as the voice of the Newman Jets before returning to the Thunder in 2011. Currently, he handles the team’s public and media relations, sales and voice of the Thunder. He has earned several league honors, including the 2012-13 CHL Communications Director of the Year, 2013-14 CHL Spirit Award and finalist for the 2018-19 ECHL PR Director of the Year.
Mals has a 16-year-old daughter who he loves to spend time with away from the arena. He enjoys golf, football, his dog Addison and The Big Bang Theory.
Hometown: Buffalo Grove, IL
College Attended & Major(s): Penn State; Major in Broadcast Journalism & Minor in Kinesiology & Sociology
Favorite Movie: A Few Good Men, Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Animal: Dog
Favorite Dessert: Brownies or cookies with ice cream
Favorite Pizza Topping: Black olives
Favorite Band: Breaking Benjamin
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: Hometown by Kelsea Ballerini
Favorite Movie Quote: "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies." - Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
First Celebrity Crush: Catherine Zeta-Jones
What pets do you have?: One dog, Addison
What did you want to be as a kid?: An anesthesiologist
Favorite moment of your sports career: Playing hockey in Prague representing USA
Twitter: @jmals24
Ashlynn Shinn
Hometown: Oklahoma/Kansas
College Attended & Major(s): Wichita State University; BFA in Graphic Design
Favorite Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas / Gladiator
Favorite Animal: Red Panda
Favorite Dessert: Chocolate anything
Favorite Pizza Topping: BEEF (it's what's for dinner)
Favorite Musician/Band: Queen
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: Pokerface - Lady Gaga
Favorite Movie Quote: "Are you not entertained?"
First Celebrity Crush: Orlando Bloom
What pets do you have?: 14 chickens, 4 cats, 2 dogs, 6 cows, 1 kid
What did you want to be as a kid?: Veterinarian
Favorite moment of your sports career: Getting a D1 scholarship for women's basketball
Corey Wilson
Corey Wilson graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2013 from the University at Buffalo. After he was done, he got his master’s degree in Sports Management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 2018, Wilson started working with the Tulsa Drillers as a Ticket Sales associate. He moved to Tucson in 2020 to work with the Tucson Sugar Skulls Indoor Football team as an Account Executive.
Hometown: Rochester, NY
College Attended & Major(s): University of Buffalo - Psychology
Favorite Movie: Rudy
Favorite Animal: Dogs
Favorite Dessert: Chocolate chip cookies
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pepperoni
Favorite Musician/Band: Blake Shelton
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: All About Tonight - Blake Shelton
Favorite Movie Quote: "Sometimes a winner is a dreamer who just wont quit"
First Celebrity Crush: Jennifer Aniston from Friends
What pets do you have?: None but hopefully a dog soon
What did you want to be as a kid?: Football player
Favorite moment of your sports career: Qualified for State in high school cross country
Tucker Stiles
Tucker Stiles started as an intern with the Thunder and has worked his way up to Director of Corporate Partnerships. The Clearwater, Kansas native is a graduate of Wichita State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Management and Workforce Leadership.
Hometown: Clearwater, KS
College Attended & Major(s): Wichita State University - Sport Management major & Workforce Leadership minor
Favorite Movie: Moneyball
Favorite Animal: Giraffe
Favorite Dessert: Ice cream
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pepperoni
Favorite Musician/Band: Drake
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: We R Who We R - Ke$ha
Favorite Movie Quote: "I know exactly how to give up. You know what scares me, Kev? It's that it's easy." -Bleed for This
First Celebrity Crush: Rihanna
What pets do you have?: One dog, Kaia (& RIP Neiman the fish)
What did you want to be as a kid?: NFL GM
Kaitlyn Eador
Hometown: Tacoma, WA College Attended & Major(s): Olivet Nazarene- Sport Management Major /Business Minor
Favorite Movie: A Walk to Remember
Favorite Animal: Cat
Favorite Dessert: Oreo Chocolate Cake
Favorite Pizza Topping: Sausage
Favorite Musician/Band: Ed Sheeran
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: Love Story- Taylor Swift
Favorite Movie Quote: Don’t ever let somebody tell you, you can’t do something, not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves; they want to tell you that you can’t do it. -Pursuit of Happiness
First Celebrity Crush: Lucas Grabeel -Ryan Evans in HS Musical
What pets do you have? A kitten named Jack
What did you want to be as a kid? WNBA Player
Brooks Anderson
Brooks Anderson joined the Thunder as an intern at the start of the 2022-23 season. Born in Louisiana, Anderson has spent the majority of his life in Wichita. He is currently attending Wichita State University and is working on his Bachelors in Business Administration.
He previously worked in sales at T-Mobile in El Dorado prior to his time with the Thunder. Anderson is looking forward to building a career in sports.
Hometown: Wichita, KS
College Attended & Major(s): Wichita State Business Administration
Favorite Movie: Super Mario Bros
Favorite Animal: Red Panda
Favorite Dessert: Chocolate cookie dough ice cream
Favorite Pizza Topping: BBQ Chicken
Favorite Musician/Band: Mac Miller
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: Love Yourself, Justin Bieber
Favorite Movie Quote: “Ok, first off, a lion…swimming in the ocean? Lions don’t even like water. If you placed it near a river, or some sort of fresh water source, that’d make sense. But you find yourself in the ocean, a 20 ft wave, I’m assuming its off the coast of South Africa, coming up against a full, grown, 800 lb tuna with his 20 or 30 friends. You lose that battle. you lose that battle nine times out of ten. And guess what, you wandered into our school, of tuna and we now have a taste of blood! We’ve talked, to ourselves. We’ve communicated and said, ‘you know what? lion tastes good. Lets go get some more lion.’ We’ve developed a system, to establish a beachhead and aggressively hunt you and your family. And we will corner your, your pride, your children, your offspring…” – the Other Guys
First Celebrity Crush: Selena Gomez
What pets do you have?: Bird
What did you want to be as a kid?: Corey Wilson
Favorite moment of your sports career: Scoring a goal in mens league before Corey Wilson
Angela Smith
Angela Smith came to the Thunder after working for the New York Jets as an event operations intern and game day premium lounge hostess from 2018-21. She studied at Kean University in Union, New Jersey and earned her Bachelor of Science in Marketing in 2020. She is now the Social Media Director, helps assist the sales department, serves as the main liaison to INTRUST Bank Arena and organizes all corporate fulfillment.
Hometown: Mountainside, NJ
College Attended & Major: Kean University; Marketing
Favorite Movie: Mean Girls
Favorite Animal: Wolf
Favorite Dessert: Cannoli
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pineapple
Favorite Musician: Kendrick Lamar
Favorite TV Show: American Horror Story
What pets do you have?: One dog, Kaia (& RIP Neiman the fish)
What did you want to be as a kid?: Meteorologist
Favorite thing about working in sports: Getting to constantly meet and work with great people
Thunderdog
Hometown: Wichita, KS College attended & Major(s): Dog Obedience Training - Class of 1993
Favorite Movie: All Dogs Go to Heaven Favorite Animal: Dogs, duh Favorite Dessert: Pup Cups
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pup-peroni
Favorite Musician/Band: Snoop Dogg
Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: Who Let the Dogs Out
Favorite Movie Quote: “SQUIRREL!" -Dug from UP
First Celebrity Crush: Lady from Lady and the Tramp
Favorite moment of your sports career: Being the baddest mascot in the ECHL
Sydney Tenant
Tenant joins the Thunder after recently graduating from Bethel College. She played four years for the Women's basketball program from 2018-22 and joined the coaching staff as an Assistant Coach from 2022-24. Tenant received her degree in Psychology and is currently working on getting her Masters in Sports Management from the University of Kansas.
Tenant came to Kansas from Arizona and is an avid Michigan State fan.
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