Eric Horstman
- President , Founder

Eric Horstman is a graduate of Troy High School (’88) in Troy, Ohio. From there he attended Ohio Northern University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (’93).



Eric also obtained a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering (’96) from Southern Methodist University.

Eric started his career as a Project Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mound Facility in Miamisburg, Ohio. This position led to a consulting job with a private company out of Washington D.C. Being an avid sports fan, he soon grew bored with the engineering field and decided to get involved in a sports related career.

In 2002, Eric founded Sports Image ® (www.sportsimageinc.com). Sports Image ® is a sports marketing company targeting school athletic departments and other grassroots organizations across the country to help them acquire new equipment and much-needed revenue for their programs. Currently, Sports Image ® has helped by donating over $7.5M in equipment and $500,000 in revenue to schools in over 20 different states. In the summer of 2009, Sports Image ® officially became licensed to franchise its’ business opportunity in exclusive territories across the nation to give others the chance to follow their dream and own their own sports marketing business. 4 franchises have already been awarded outside of Chicago, IL, Frankfort, KY, Palm Bay, FL and Atlanta, GA.

Through his works with high schools, Eric founded and worked the details to have Dayton the host of the annual FLYIN’ TO THE HOOP International High School Basketball Invitational (www.flyntothehoop.com). The inaugural year for the event was 2003. The event is currently ranked as one of the “Top Ten Events” for high school basketball nationwide per The USA Today (Nov 2008). The event also pumps over $1M into the local Dayton economy every January.

Eric now resides in Springboro, Ohio with his wife Lori and twins – Jaxon & Jordyn. He enjoys playing amateur baseball as well as weightlifting, golf, basketball, fishing, scuba diving and spending time with his family.