John Whitt Joins Ouray Sportswear, LLC as Vice President of Manufactur

Denver, Colorado – January 21, 2008 – Effective January 7, John Whitt assumed the new position of Vice President of Manufacturing for Ouray Sportswear, LLC, a leading supplier of decorated sportswear to the resort and college bookstore markets.

The announcement was made by Ryan Harrington, President of the company. In this new position, John will oversee the Company’s screen print, embroidery and production art departments.

John brings to Ouray a wealth of experience from a life-long career in the manufacturing of custom product including a ten-year period of managing the production floor at Gear For Sports. In addition John is an accredited as being a black belt in lean six-sigma along with a strong intuitive understanding of process management.

Harrington says, “After an extensive search, we are extremely pleased to announce filling this key position with a candidate as strong as John Whitt. John has a demonstrable and quantifiable track record of creating organizations with a culture of continual process improvement.”

“I am incredibly excited to be part of the team that is re-engineering a Company with such a storied history,” commented John. “A recapitalized Ouray Sportswear with a renewed focus and emphasis on being “easy to do business with” is the type of opportunity that was simply too good to pass up.”

John can be reached at 303.789.4035 x255 or jwhitt@ouraysportswear.com

Ouray (pronounced Yü-ray) Sportswear designs, produces and decorates headwear, sportswear and other logoed apparel for collegiate, resort, retail, and corporate markets. Ouray is known for distinctive, high quality garments and headwear for men, women, and children, and are offered in coordinated, fully merchandised collections.

For more information on Ouray Sportswear go to www.ouraysportswear.com