Mahmood Sheikh has spent more than 20 years working with college athletics in the state of Idaho - he's now the inaugural athletic director at the Treasure Valley-based College of Western Idaho. The native of Moscow, a University of Idaho graduate and a longtime Vandals employee joins Prater and Mallory in the KTIK Lithia Ford of Boise Studio to talk about the Otters, building a national junior college program from scratch and how he plans to focus on local high school student-athletes.

<p>Mahmood Sheikh has spent more than 20 years working with college athletics in the state of Idaho - he's now the inaugural athletic director at the Treasure Valley-based College of Western Idaho. The native of Moscow, a University of Idaho graduate and a longtime Vandals employee joins Prater and Mallory in the KTIK Lithia Ford of Boise Studio to talk about the Otters, building a national junior college program from scratch and how he plans to focus on local high school student-athletes.</p>

Mike Prater and Johnny "Ballgame'' Mallory host Idaho Sports Talk - the longest-running sports talk show in Idaho.

Prater & The Ballgame

Mike Prater and Johnny "Ballgame'' Mallory host Idaho Sports Talk - the longest-running sports talk show in Idaho on Boise's 95.3FM/1350AM "The Ticket"

<p>Mike Prater and Johnny "Ballgame'' Mallory host Idaho Sports Talk - the longest-running sports talk show in Idaho on Boise's 95.3FM/1350AM "The Ticket"</p>