Skip Reager
Chico Enterprise-Record Sports Editor (1962-2001)

Like Royal Courtain, Skip Reager’s name has been synonymous with media coverage of Wildcat athletics. For nearly 40 years, Skip worked as a sportswriter for the Chico Enterprise Record ccovering the ups and downs throughout the many years. For the last 17 years of his E-R career, Skip served additional duties as sports editor, a tough job in a town with so many factions vying for coverage.

But his additional duties did not keep Skip chained to a chair in the office. He still accompanied the Wildcats whenver he could, be it down to UC Davis to cover a football game, over to Sonoma State for basketball, or all the way to Alabama for the baseball College World Series, Skip brought the game back to those who couldn’t be there in person.

Skip has shown his devotion to Wildcat athletics over the years in a variety of ways. A member of the Wildcat Century Club board of directors for 20 years, Skip has helped the club raise thousands of dollars to benefit the student-athletes at Chico State. Skip was also part of the 12-person advisory committee that recommended Chico State’s admission into the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1998. And now, even in retirement, Skip continues to be part of the Wildcat family by contributing to Wildcat Illustrated as both a writer and graphic designer and by taking hundreds of action photos every year for the department.