It's not easy to fill the shoes of one legend, let alone two, but that's exactly the task that Craig Ackerman was assigned back in 2008 when longtime Rockets announcer duo Gene Peterson and Jim Foley both stepped aside and retired and the Rockets chose to go to a one-man radio booth. Ackerman would be that man. Ackerman is a native Ohioan, but having graduated from Sam Houston in the late '90s, he's been a Texan for two decades now and a fixture around the Rockets' organization virtually that entire time, including handling play-by-play duties for the WNBA Houston Comets from 2006 to 2008 as well as the studio host assignment for the Rockets for five seasons before stepping into the big seat to start the 2008-2009 season. Ackerman's energetic style matches the fast pace of the team whose play he describes, since he hopes to voice the championship memories for the next generation of Rockets fans, as Peterson did for so many Houstonians back in 1994 and 1995.