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Co-Host of "The Rush" with Chad McKee, Teddy comes from Fort Gibson, OK where during his senior year helped the Fort Gibson Tigers post their best-ever record of 13-1, advancing to the Oklahoma Class 4A state championship game. During his college years, he was a key member of OU's 2000 National Championship team. While at OU Lehman went on to be named a two time All-American (2002 & 2003) including winning the Butkus Award that goes to the nation top linebacker, and the Chuck Bednarik award as the nations top defensive player. Tune in weekdays 2-6 pm to "The Rush" on 99.3 FM, SportsTalk 1400AM or state wide on sportstalk1400.com
A REF original. TJ has been with the station since January of 2002 and took over as Program Director in 2004. It was in 2004 he joined Toby Rowland to form the T Row in the morning show and the two have been together since. Early on in show history listeners voted T.J. O.S.S.P-Oklahomas sexiest sports personality, a title he still claims.
T.J. grew up in the Arlington, TX area before moving to Enid, Ok in high school. He is a die hard fan of the Rangers, Mavericks, and Cowboys but his favorite sport to watch now is whatever his son Bronx is playing. His one sports wish is that the Rangers win a World Series before he dies. TJ has a beautiful wife named Katie, and one son named Bronx.
For the past 17 years, Toby Rowland has also hosted the "T-Row in the Morning Show" alongside his Very Best Friend in the Entire World, TJ Perry.
T-Row is in his 10th season as the "Voice of the Sooners." He serves as the radio play-by-play for OU football, men's basketball, and baseball, as well as hosting the Lon Kruger, Sherri Coale, and Lincoln Riley TV/Radio shows. Rowland also serves as a TV host for a wide variety of programming on Sooner Sports TV powered by FOX.
A two-time Emmy Award winner, Rowland spent 12 years as a sports anchor, reporter and producer at KWTV in Oklahoma City. He won the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Award for best sportscast and the Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best Sports Reporting. Rowland became a household name in Oklahoma as host of the award-winning "Friday Football Blitz," taking high school football coverage to a new level in the state.
Rowland's play-by-play résumé includes serving as the "Voice of Southern Nazarene University" football, basketball, and baseball, and as "Voice of the Norman Tigers." Rowland also was a part of the Oklahoma RedHawks broadcast team for two seasons.
A 1995 graduate of Southern Nazarene University, Toby is married to his college sweetheart, Jennifer. They have three children: Trevor (22), Payton (20), and Chloe (13).
Toby is also the author of the best-selling children's book "Unhitch The Wagon" a storybook about the famed Oklahoma Football ponies Boomer and Sooner. A delightful book for Sooner fans of all ages!