About the author

Mike Ashmore is a 25-year-old sportswriter who covers the Somerset Patriots and Trenton Thunder for the Hunterdon County Democrat, a weekly paper based in Central New Jersey.  Ashmore is in his sixth season of covering professional sports, and his third season as a Thunder beat writer.

He started this blog in January of 2008 as a way to provide daily coverage of the team and to supplement his weekly print coverage.  

Ashmore first attended a Thunder game with his Little League team in 1995, and started regularly following the team in 1999.  He attended over 30 Thunder games as a fan before starting his career in sports in 2003, first covering that year’s Trenton Baseball Hall of Fame Induction as a photographer.  Ashmore spent two more seasons in the photo box before being named the new minor league sportswriter for the Democrat early in 2006.

Ashmore has covered over 400 professional games and interviewed everyone from World Series and Super Bowl MVP’s to NASCAR champions and NBA MVP’s.  He’s covered three championship teams, two no-hitters and has interviewed over 300 Major League Baseball players.

He can be reached via e-mail at mashmore98 AT gmail.com