Andrew Smith has been a part of the Hallett Sports family since the franchise began in 2014. Smith has served as the Fuel's play-by-play announcer since 2018 and became the Freight play-by-play announcer in their inaugural year. Prior to that, he spent four years as the Fuel's public address announcer. Smith's exciting calls of Fuel hockey earned him the ECHL's Broadcaster of the Year award in 2021. He was also named the Marv Bates Indiana Sportscaster of the Year in 2022 by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Smith has been a part of hockey in Indianapolis for more than two decades as a newspaper reporter, off-ice official, public address announcer and color commentator, working for the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL & CHL and the Indiana Ice of the USHL. A veteran broadcaster, Smith spent five years as the play-by-play voice for Franklin College football and basketball and has broadcast high school sports in Central Indiana. Away from the rink, he is a teacher and serves as the sports information director at New Palestine High School. Smith holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University and a master's degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and Southern New Hampshire University. He lives in New Palestine with his wife, Anne, and their two sons.
